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Chemtura Opens New Plant in Nantong, China

Chemtura held a grand opening last Thursday of its new multipurpose manufacturing facility in the Nantong Economic and Technological Development Area. This facility, which was approved in 2011, stands as Chemtura’s largest single investment since the company’s formation in 2005 and the central site for manufacturing in Asia-Pacific, specifically in China.

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Afton Chemical Posts Strong Quarterly Performance

Afton Chemical had another strong quarterly performance as third quarter sales were $577.6 million, an improvement of 5.5 percent over sales for the same period last year of $547.7 million, while operating profit remained relatively consistent. Sales for the first nine months of this year were $1,717.3 million compared to sales in the first nine months of last year of $1,689.6 million.

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FUCHS Opens New Blending Plant in Yingkou, China

FUCHS PETROLUB announced last Monday it had opened its new modern plant in Yingkou, China. The new facility is one of the largest production locations of the FUCHS Group and it replaces the old and significantly smaller facility in Yingkou, which was opened some 25 years ago. The total investment of the project amounted to more than EUR 24 (US$33) million

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Paul DeVivo Appointed CEO of Gulf Oil International

Paul DeVivo has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of Gulf Oil International Ltd, effective September 23, 2013.. Mr. DeVivo will continue to serve as CEO of Houghton, a role he has held since February of 2008.


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Evonik Names Dr. Chris Gilbert Head of Production & Technology

Evonik Oil Additives has named Dr. Chris Gilbert as the new head of production and technology. He stepped into his new role effective November 1. Previously, Dr. Gilbert served as operations director at Evonik’s Multi User Site China (MUSC) for the Performance Polymers Business Unit in Shanghai.


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Idemitsu Kosan Begins Blending and Sale of Lubricants from Its Plant in India

Tokyo-based Idemitsu Kosan announced last Wednesday that its wholly owned subsidiary Idemitsu Lube India Pvt Ltd., has begun blending and sale of genuine lube oils, following completion of its 70,000 kℓ/year lubricant blending plant in Maharashtra, India, Total construction cost of the 78,000 sq. meter facility was 2.6 billion rupees (approximately 4.7 billion yen).

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Major Oil Company 3Q Profits Fall

ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron and Phillips 66 all reported lower third quarter earnings last week. Phillips 66 was the worst performer as earnings fell to $535 million, compared with earnings of $1.6 billion in the third quarter of 2012. Chevron fared the best of all these, reporting earnings last Friday of $5.0 billion for the third quarter 2013, compared with $5.3 billion in the 2012 third quarter

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Total Inaugurates First Lubricants Blending Facility in Saudi Arabia's KAEC

Saudi Total Lubricants Co. (SATLUB) last Wednesday inaugurated its own state-of-the-art blending plant in the Industrial Valley in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), located 120 km north of Jeddah. The 65,000 square meter facility will produce automotive and industrial lubricants and will have an annual production capacity of 25,000 metric tons in a single shift.

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