Volume 4 Issue 38
Kazakhstan to Make Group II, III
September 21, 2021Kazakhstan is working on several new petrochemical refining projects carrying a combined price tag of U.S. $12 billion, and some of them – including a plant producing API Group II and Group III base oils – are expected to be completed soon, a government official told an industry event.
Dorf Ketal, TriBonds Form Saudi JV
September 21, 2021Dorf Ketal Chemicals and TriBonds Chemical Co. announced today the formation of a joint venture that will manufacture lubricant additive components and other chemicals in Saudi Arabia.
Chevron Grows East African Partnership
September 21, 2021African Fuels & Lubricants Manufacturing Ltd. of the Tristar Group will blend, distribute and market Chevron Brands International LLC’s Caltex lubricants in six East African countries under a long-term license agreement announced Sept. 15.
Briefly Noted
September 21, 2021Total Turkey Pazarlama signed a distributorship agreement with industrial lubricants distributor Nero Industrial, covering the provinces of Adana, Mersin and Osmaniye in Turkey. The Vulco automotive workshop network will carry Spain’s Cepsa’s lubricants and liquid products in its more than 280 centers in Spain and Portugal under a recently announced agreement.