Serbian refinery upgrade planned
NIIS is set to build a new refinery to boost Eastern European base oil production.
Published 12-Sep-2012
Tag: base oil
AVISTA takes on North as Prista enters re-refinng JV
German based recycled oil producer further increases its control of Dutch recycler while Prista enters Uzbeck re-refining JV.
Published 11-Sep-2012
China Base Oil Summit to be held September
Country's largest annual oil and lubes conference to be hosted by Chengdu
Published 22-Aug-2012
South Koreans get busy in base oil
Two new deals put South Korean companies at the heart of Group III base oil projects
Published 16-Aug-2012
Base oil quality improves at Sinopec
Group II and III output boosted to meet demand for higher quality lubes.
Published 24-Jul-2012
BRICs & US oil consumption to top nearly $2,000bn and US synthetics to grow
Two new reports show significant growth in global oil consumption and specific US demand for synthetic lubes and functional fluids.
Published 05-Mar-2012
Zhenhai closed for maintenance
Sinopec closes largest refinery for repairs with significant loss of output.
Published 23-Jan-2012
Safety-Kleen brings blending in-house
US-based Safety-Kleen is to boost its blending capacity with a new plant
Published 06-Jan-2012
Saudi struggles with oil sales to Asia
Asian refiners are reluctant to use recent additional Saudi output
Published 23-Dec-2011
ATIEL announces new Group III guidelines
Standardisation of Interchange guidelines is set to ease the way for Group III lubes producers.
Published 04-Nov-2011