Incidents

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U.S. Drilling Fluids Demand to Grow

August 19, 2015

U.S. demand for drilling fluids is expected to increase 5.2 percent per year to $6.8 billion in 2019, driven by growth i ...

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Missouri Lube Depot Catches Fire

July 15, 2015

Fire broke out Monday at distributor Santie Oils Sikeston, Mo., location, causing possibly several million dollars in da ...

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Workers Strike at Total’s Gonfreville Refinery

December 3, 2014

Union workers began a 72-hour strike Monday at Totals refinery in Gonfreville, France, over the companys plans to modern ...

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Hydrodec Settles for $20M Over Fire

November 12, 2014

Transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec has settled with its insurers on a $20 million claim following the fire damage its Ca ...

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Leak Draws Agencys Wrath

September 3, 2014

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency referred an enforcement action to the state attorney generals office agains ...

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Worker Dies in GM Metal Center Explosion

July 9, 2014

Quaker Chemical Corp. reported that one of its employees died as the result of an explosion at General Motors Marion Met ...

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Fire Disrupts Ohio Blender

April 2, 2014

A fire last week at Fiske Brothers Toledo, Ohio, lubricants plant resulted in no injuries but caused approximately $8,00 ...

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Lube Co. Allegedly Destroyed by Employees

February 19, 2014

Silogram Lubricants of New York filed a complaint last month against more than a dozen former employees and several comp ...

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Fire Injures Worker at Nev. Rerefinery

December 11, 2013

A fire caused by a ruptured product tank injured one worker at Bango Refinings rerefinery in Fallon, Nev., Monday mornin ...

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Fire Ravages Ohio Rerefinery

December 4, 2013

An explosion and fire destroyed the processing unit of Hydrodecs transformer oil rerefinery in Canton, Ohio, on Sunday a ...

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Calumet Clears the Air with EPA

November 13, 2013

In a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency, Calumet Shreveport Lubricant and Waxes has agreed to pay a $32 ...

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Gits Downsizes, Outsources

September 25, 2013

Lubrication equipment maker Gits Manufacturing announced last week that it will lay off 78 employees by June 2014 and mo ...

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Richmond Fire Costly for Chevron

August 7, 2013

Chevron USA pleaded no contest to six charges in a criminal complaint by California state and local authorities related ...

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3 Years Prison for Lube Exec

June 19, 2013

The U.S. federal court of Charleston, S.C., sentenced former Delfin Group USA president Markos Baghdasarian to three yea ...

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Turmoil Continues at Delfin

May 15, 2013

Delfin Group USA terminated company President John Gordon in late April. The lube blender had fired its previous preside ...

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Flooding Idles YPF Base Oil Unit

April 10, 2013

Argentinas state-owned YPF halted production at its API Group I plant in La Plata last week after a heavy rainstorm floo ...

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Rouen Is Back in Business

February 13, 2013

French authorities gave Lubrizol the go-ahead last week to resume operations at its Rouen, France, additive plant, follo ...

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Leak at LZ Site Wafts across Europe

January 23, 2013

A leak at Lubrizols Rouen, France, plant 120 kilometers (75 miles) northwest of Paris sent a cloud of harmless gas smell ...