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Quaker Houghton has opened a new manufacturing facility in Zhangjiagang, China, expanding local production capacity to meet rising customer demand across the Asia-Pacific region. The

The United Arab Emirates’ departure from OPEC has reduced the group’s share of global crude oil production and capacity, the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in an

Vertex Energy, Inc. is advancing a project at its Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A., refinery to produce crude-derived conventional Group III base oils, giving lubricant manufacturers and blenders an additional domestic

POSCO International has completed the post-merger integration of the Indonesian palm company it acquired last year and rebranded it Prime Agri Resources (PT.PAR), completing a palm value chain spanning seed development, plantation and refining. The

AMSOIL has reformulated its motorcycle lubricant range with the launch of AMSOIL 100% Synthetic Motorcycle Oil, a product the company says is designed to improve protection and performance

Indonesia will begin nationwide implementation of its mandatory B50 biodiesel programme on 1 July 2026, pressing ahead with a higher biodiesel blend it had postponed at the start of the year, in a move the government casts as a step

Cerilon GTL ND Inc. has reached an agreement on a single-point technology licensing structure with Topsoe and Sasol South Africa Ltd for the hydrogen production, gas reforming, and Fischer-Tropsch conversion units of its planned gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility in Williams County,

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has approved the acquisition of BASF Pakistan (Private) Limited by United Arab Emirates-based Kemyion Chemical Solutions

ExxonMobil and Wallenius Wilhelmsen have completed a first sea trial of a marine biofuel blend made from fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) distillation residue, in what ExxonMobil framed as a step towards lower greenhouse gas marine fuels

Dow will invest about USD 100 million by the end of 2027 to expand its global specialty silicones manufacturing and innovation capabilities, the materials science company said, citing fast-growing demand in mobility, electronics, and