Incidents & Disruptions

Dire Times Forecast for Industry
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Dire Times Forecast for Industry

Lube Report EMEA - June 28, 2020

The lubricant industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, and demand could remain depressed at least into 2022, ...

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Localities Faulted for Response to Rouen Fire

June 8, 2020

A French Senate inquiry last week blasted local and regional governments’ response to the September 2019 blaze at a Lu ...

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Rouen Residents Still Simmer Over Fire

February 4, 2020

More than four months after fire struck a Lubrizol Corp. additive plant in Rouen, France, flames of distrust are still b ...

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Lubrizol Partially Restarts Rouen Plant

December 17, 2019

A regional governing body in France authorized Lubrizol last week to resume some operations at its Rouen lubricant addit ...

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Lubrizol Working to Reopen Rouen Plant

October 29, 2019

A month after a blaze roared through two Lubrizol warehouses in Rouen, France, the company is still working to reopen it ...

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Briefly Noted

October 15, 2019

Officials at Neste Corp. said base oil production at the companys refinery in Porvoo, Finland, was not affected by a maj ...

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Tests Find No Risks from Lubrizol Fire

October 15, 2019

Environmental impact testing following a Sept. 26 fire at Lubrizol Corp.s plant in Rouen, France, has found no abnormal ...

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Lubrizol Plant Closed Following Fire

October 1, 2019

Lubrizol Corp. said Monday that it does not yet have a timetable for the reopening of its lubricant additive factory in ...

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Oxea Lifts Force Majeure at Plant in Germany

January 8, 2019

Oxea lifted the force majeure declaration for products from its plant in Oberhausen, Germany, where production units are ...