An explosion Saturday at the hydrocracking unit ofBashneft‘s refinery in Ufa, Russia, killed six and injured two. Base oil and lubricants production at the site were unaffected. Petro-Canada Lubricantsagreed to supply six maintenance locations owned by medium- and heavy-duty diesel truck dealerFreightliner Manitoba. Emirates National Oil Co.‘sEnoc Global Marinepartnered with distributorDubai Trading Agencyfor sales of up to 600,000 liters per year of Enoc’s marine lubricants regionally and possibly to markets in Europe and the Far East. Interamerican Motor Corp. will market Japanese supplier JX Nippon Oil & Energys ENEOS lubricants throughout the U.S.
