Cincinnati-based Pilot Chemical purchased ATRP Solutions of Pittsburgh as of July 10, expanding Pilots proprietary technologies in oil field chemicals, lubricant additives and paints and coatings. ATRP is a specialty polymer technology company and has developed a new class of proprietary rheology modifiers for oilfield and cosmetic markets. Puraglobesaid it is now producing Group III base oil at its rerefinery in Troeglitz, Germany, after converting 50 percent of its Group II production to Group III. The plant now has capacity to make 50,000 tons per year of Group II and 50,000 t/y of Group III base oil there.Case N Drum Oil, a subsidiary of Canadian distributor Crevier Group,acquired Trademark Oil, a lubricants and lubrication equipment distributor in Windsor, Ontario. Gazpromneft-Lubricants started marine lubricants deliveries in the sea port of Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, in southwestern Russia.
