Lube Report 9 September 2015

September 9, 2015 Volume 15 Issue 36 Forecast Sees Slow Ramp-up in Demand By George Gill • September 9, 2015 Global lubricant demand – including process oil and marine engine oil – is projected to grow about 1.5 percent per year to 42 million tons by 2019, up from just over 39 million tons in 2014, according to consultancy Kline & Co. Read More Base Oil Hits 7-year Peak By Lisa Tocci • September 9, 2015 U.S. output of lubricant base oils rose 10 percent in the first six months of this year, versus the same period a year earlier, according to data released last week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Read More Prista Is Hot for Cold Blending By Boris Kamchev • September 9, 2015 Bulgarian lube maker Prista Oil is upgrading the blending technology at its Ruse lubricants blending plant in Bulgaria, and hopes to persuade others to do likewise. Read More Yearly Sales Up for Quick Lubes By George Gill • September 9, 2015 U.S. quick lubes’ average yearly sales per store rose to $694,189 this year, up 1.6 percent from 2014, National Oil & Lube News reported. Read More Briefly Noted September 9, 2015 Metalworking fluids maker Houghton International appointed Marcello Boldrini as its senior vice president and president of global metals, leading its specialty product lines for major metal industries.  Lambent Technologies – which manufactures and supplies oleochemical derivatives for lubricant and metalworking formulations – and Petroferm officially changed their names to Vantage Specialties Inc. Base Oil Reports U.S. Base Oil Price Report As discussions were slowly starting to surface following the Labor Day holiday, news that Motiva would be lowering the price of two of its paraffinic oils nudged market players to sit up and take notice.–by Gabriela Wheeler Read More EMEA Base Oil Price Report Base oil markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are idling, with neither sellers nor buyers knowing where the market is actually heading despite prices gradually sloping down.–by Ray Masson Read More SSY Base Oil Price Report Parts of Europe have cooled substantially and certain trade lanes in Asia are fragile. U.S. markets are mostly robust, although there have even been a few cracks starting to appear there.–by Adrian Brown Read More ·         Contact Us ·         Advertise ·         Subscribe Copyright © LNG Publishing Company 2015. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy Read this e-newsletter in your browser Cancel my subscription.

Lube Report 8 SEPTEMBER 2015

September 8, 2015 Volume 2 Issue 36 Singapore Venture Will Make VI Improvers By Tim Sullivan • September 8, 2015 Dutch additive supplier BRB International is partnering with a Singapore engineering firm to build a viscosity index improver factory that will open next July. Read More Pakistani Supplier Seeks Growth By K. Venkateshwar Rao • September 8, 2015 Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd., a Pakistani supplier of SK Lubricants’ Zic brand, is set to expand its share of the domestic market with a new blending plant and initial public offering. Read More Total Resumes Shipping in Tianjin By Joe Beeton • September 8, 2015 Total Lubmarine, the marine lubricants arm of French energy giant Total, said its shipping activity in China’s Tianjin port has resumed following the area’s Aug. 12 explosion, yet is still subject to minor delays. Read More ExMo, Tata Tie Up in India By Tim Sullivan • September 8, 2015 ExxonMobil and Tata Motors launched a range of co-branded lubricants offered for commercial vehicles. Read More Briefly Noted September 8, 2015 Zhonghai Jinxiang Co. finished building a hydrotreater that will turn feedstock from a bitumen refinery into lubricating base oil. The facility, located in Luzhou city, Sichuan province, has capacity of 150,000 metric tons per year.  American Multi-Color Corp., which provides labeling for motor oil clients, has acquired Malaysia's Super Enterprise Holdings Bhd. (Super Label).   Base Oil Reports Asia Base Oil Price Report Despite the ups and downs of crude oil prices, base oil values have generally dropped in Asia on bearish sentiment and a downbeat outlook. – by Gabriela Wheeler Read More