Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL), India’s largest refiner and marketer of petroleum products, and Total, a broad energy company with headquarters in Paris, France, are forming a 50-50 joint venture (JV) company that will manufacture and market high-quality bitumen derivatives and specialty products for the growing road-building industry in India. Total is the leading bitumen…
DetailsPhoto courtesy of Total Total Lubrifiants, the world’s fourth-largest international lubricants company, announced the acquisition of Lubrilog SAS. Lubrilog SAS is a French company, based in Romans sur Isère, which specialises in the formulation and production of very high-performance synthetic lubricants. The high-quality products of Lubrilog are tailored to specific customer needs and able to…
DetailsPhoto courtesy of SwRI Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), based in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., is launching a new industry research consortium to expand the industry’s understanding of electric vehicle fluid requirements. The consortium, entitled “Advanced Fluids for Electrified Vehicles (AFEV),” will be launched on 18 May 2021. SwRI is inviting original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), lubricant…
DetailsPhoto courtesy of Suzuki Suzuki’s global genuine engine oil brand ECSTAR was launched in the Philippines over the weekend. Suzuki ECSTAR engine oils are now available at all Suzuki automobile, motorcycle, and marine engine dealerships and service centers nationwide. For automobiles, two variants are available: the F7000 5W-30 semi-synthetic engine oil and the F9000 0W-20…
DetailsWill airlines have to choose between survival or sustainability? The Covid-19 pandemic has decimated airline travel. Every region has experienced evaporation of demand that has left airports empty and aircraft parked. Airlines have been forced into self-preservation measures to reduce cash burn and remain afloat including historic capacity cuts, redundancies, sale of assets, retiring older…
DetailsDr. Anirudha Sumant working in the Superlubricity Lab at the Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory. The word superlubricity was coined by Motohisa Hirano in the early 1990s. The Japanese scientist theoretically predicted the existence of a physical state where sliding friction between two contacting surfaces virtually vanishes under certain conditions. Hirano conducted wear…
DetailsSouth Korea lubricant consumption fell to a 10-year low of 990,455 kiloliters (889,627 metric tons) in 2019, the Korea Lubricating Oil Industries Association said in a report last week. Last year’s total represented a 4.6 percent decrease from 1.04 million kiloliters in 2018, and the country’s lowest level of lube consumption since 2009, when the…
DetailsLubricant consumption in South Korea, the eighth-largest lubricant market in the world, fell to a 10-year low of 889,600 tons in 2019, according to the Korea Lubricants Industry Association. Over the past 20 years, South Korea’s lubricants consumption has remained at nearly 1 million litres per year. Volume sales of automotive lubricants declined by 0.6%…
DetailsPhoto courtesy of Ennero ENOC Group, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has appointed Ennero, a leading lubricants and fuel distributor in South Africa, to expand ENOC’s international presence in the marine lubricants sector. Ennero, will distribute a wide range of ENOC marine lubricants exclusively to all South African ports, including Durban, Cape Town, Port…
DetailsSmart oil chemical co., LTD. Company profile: Simin oil chemical co., LTD. Specializes in metal processing fluid and special oil additives; Established in Hong Kong in 1994, it mainly serves the Chinese market. Simin’s early business was trading and consulting services for petrochemical products. Up to now, simin has become one of the most representative…
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