BASF announced on Nov. 18 a €400 (U.S $450) per metric ton price increase on neopentyl glycol, a polyalcohol that can be used as a building block in lubricants. Sea-Land Chemical Co., a global chemical distributor of specialty additives for the lubricants industry, added Ben Verhaeghe as EU sales manager, based in Antwerp, Belgium. Verhaeghe will lead the company’s European business development efforts and have sales responsibility across the European Union.  Royal Marine Services will distribute Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based Enoc Group’s marine lubricants in Egypt under a recently signed three-year agreement.