Volume 1 Issue 41
SSY Base Oil Shipping Report
October 9, 2018Markets all over the world are rather dreary. Asias excuse is the mid-autumn festival in China and other local holidays, but Europe and the United States have no such pretext.-by Adrian Brown
Sepahan to Upgrade Base Oil, Wax Production
October 9, 2018Sepahan Oil Co., Irans largest base oil refiner, signed a contract with Germanys EDL Anlagenbau GmbH to upgrade base oil and wax production facilities at Sepahans Isfahan refinery.
Greif Opens Steel Drum Plant in Russia
October 9, 2018Greif Inc. opened a new multi-million dollar steel drum production plant in Kaluga, Russia, the company announced last week. The facilitys construction is part of plans to expand the companys food-grade lubricant packaging production and increase its presence in Russia.
VGP Impacted Global Marine Lubes Market
October 9, 2018The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys Vessel General Permit created a global standard that has drastically affected the marine lubes industry by requiring environmentally acceptable lubricants, a United Kingdom-based industry insider told a conference in Chicago last month.
From Other Editions of Lube Report
October 9, 2018Briefly Noted
October 9, 2018Total Lubricants UK and Kubota UK announced a long-term partnership in which Total has developed a range of lubricant and grease products specified for Kubota-branded agricultural, groundcare and construction equipment. IMCD Nordic will distributeEmery Oleochemicals GmbH‘sgreen polymer additives segment products – including its biobased lubricants – under Nordics Loxiol, Edenol and Emerox brands in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Greece-based marine lubricants supplierAegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.saidPresident Jonathan McIlroy will leave the company effective Nov. 15. Kostas Polydakis was named chief operating officer and will assume McIlroy’s remaining duties.