Nynas announced last Friday, it will extend its storage capacity and distribution network for naphthenic specialty oils with a depot in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, North East USA. Nynas already has depots in Houston, TX; Long Beach, CA and Chester, SC in the USA, as well as Montreal in Canada.

Petro-Canada Lubricants has revealed its API CK-4 and FA-4 product line, DURON™ next generation, which will be available to the market on December 1, 2016. Designed to surpass the demands of API CK-4 and FA-4 the product line will be available in four DURON product performance tiers.

Velocys announced that construction of ENVIA Energy's GTL plant in Oklahoma City is now complete. ENVIA Energy is a joint venture between Waste Management, NRG Energy, Ventech Engineers and Velocys. On-site loading of catalyst into the Fischer-Tropsch reactors has been completed by Velocys, with support from Pasadena, Texas-based Mourik.

RelaDyne announced last Tuesday it has acquired Cardwell Distributing of Utah, a distributor of lubricants, fuels and diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) serving the western United States, with locations spanning Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. Cardwell represents RelaDyne’s sixth acquisition of 2016.

Italy's Eni announced last Monday it has entered the Saudi Arabia market by signing a partnership with Saudi Arabian based Advanced International Lubricants Company, ADINLUBE, for the blending, distribution, sales and marketing of Eni lubricants in Saudi Arabia.

• Motiva Decreases Prices of Its (Group II) Star 4 (110 SUS) by 15 CPG, Star 6 (220 SUS) by 17 CPG, and STAR 12 (600 SUS) by 10 CPG, Effective October 4
• Phillips 66 Increases Price of Its API Group II Pure Performance 600N by 10 CPG, Effective October 4
• CITGO Re-starts 209,000 B/D Aruba Refinery Ops; to be Fully Operational in 18-24 Months
• Evonik to Raise Prices for VISCOPLEX® and VISCOBASE® Oil Additive and Synthetic Base Oil Products
• Ashland and Valvoline Announce Closing of Valvoline IPO
• April Super Flo Named Exclusive Distributor of Veedol Lubricants in Quebec