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Challenge the Status Quo: Operations Excellence for Plant Design and Operation
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Challenge the Status Quo: Operations Excellence for Plant Design and Operation

August 1, 2024

An industry veteran describes how lubricant blenders can challenge conventional thinking to better satisfy their needs n ...

Operations Excellence: The Foundation of a Performing Plant Design

Operations Excellence: The Foundation of a Performing Plant Design

April 30, 2024

Longtime industry player Ganesan Ganapathi explains how operations excellence is the cornerstone of successful plant des ...

China Moves to the Top of the Heap

China Moves to the Top of the Heap

February 1, 2022

China overtook the United States in 2021 as the country with the most base oil refining capacity. What contributed to it ...

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Sri Lanka’s First Grease Plant Almost Built

November 27, 2020

Lanka IOC said recently that it expects to complete construction of Sri Lanka’s first grease plant by the end of this ...

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Base Oil Report: Trends

July 2, 2020

Caitlin Jacobs gives an overview of global base oil capacity in 2020 and previews how the picture may change after the p ...

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Valvoline Restarts China Plant Project

March 26, 2020

Valvoline Inc. has resumed construction of a lubricants plant in Zhangjiang, China, after suspending the project in Febr ...

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ExxonMobil Expands Research Facility

October 18, 2017

ExxonMobil broke ground on the expansion of its Clinton, New Jersey research facility, the company announced Friday. The ...

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Lubrizol Invests in Ohio Facility

October 4, 2017

Lubrizol opened its new drumming facility and warehouse in Painesville Township, Ohio, as part of the Wickliffe, Ohio-ba ...

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Tiarco Expands its Dalton Plant

July 5, 2017

Specialty chemicals company Tiarco is expanding its Dalton, Georgia, chemical production facility, which makes various c ...

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Expanded Calumet Plant to Blend Castrol Lubes

November 30, 2016

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. said it will partner with BP Lubricants USA to begin blending Castrol motor oil ...

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Mol to Invest More in Base Oils by 2021

November 23, 2016

Oil major Mol plans to upgrade and/or expand its base oil plant in Szazhalombatta, Hungary, as part of a five-year capit ...

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SPECIAL REPORT: Shining a New Light on Bright Stock

October 19, 2016

Ergon reports on its investments to fill the gap in API Group I bright stock availability.

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Tianhe Debuts Dubai Production

August 31, 2016

Chinese additive manufacturer Tianhe Chemicals began streaming at its production facility in Dubai, United Arab Emirates ...

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Exol Lubricants Invests in Manufacturing

June 1, 2016

United Kingdom-based Exol Lubricants will invest in packaging equipment at its Wednesbury, West Midlands facility, to me ...

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State Loan to Boost ALS’ Blending, Packaging

April 13, 2016

Bensalem, Pennsylvania-based Advanced Lubrication Specialties received a loan through the Pennsylvania Industrial Develo ...

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CP Chem Proceeds with PAO Expansion

March 30, 2016

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. said yesterday it reached a final investment decision to expand low-viscosity polyalphaole ...

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Metalube Expands Manufacturing Output

March 23, 2016

Specialty lubricants manufacturer Metalube recently completed an expansion to its factory in Manchester, United Kingdom, ...