CONTENTS
The Future of Base Oil Supply in Europe: PAOs, Groups II & III and GTL Pages 6 to 8 and 10 Projections for the changing face of lubricant formulation
An examination of the changes that are already occurring and those that can be expected to take place in the lubricants manufacturing industry in the face of tightening specifications and environmental legislation, including the phasing out of Group I base stocks in favour of Groups II and III.
Leading Change in the Middle East Pages 12 to 13 Luberef Expansion enters the home run The latest news concerning Saudi Aramco Base Oil Company – Luberef’s expansion project, including the creation of new manufacturing plants and the upgrading and revamping of existing facilities.
The Changing Role of Basestocks in the Lubricants Industry Pages 16, 18 and 20
Historical perspectives and recent developments Kline provides a brief history of the developments in the market for base stocks over the last ten years. This article details how the financial recession has led to a surplus of base stocks and how the current situation in the lubricants industry strengthens the position of independent blenders.
A Conversation on Growth Pages 22 to 24
Communicating the value of the lubricants industry
An analysis of the current state of the lubricants market by Suzan Jagger; President of Jagger advisory, including financial projections for the growth of various sectors of the lubricants industry.
Lube-Tech Pages 30 to 35
New insight into the benefits of synthetic esters in challenging lubricant applications The latest Lube-Tech presents this detailed overview of the numerous ways in which synthetic esters can be put to use. Siegfried Lucazeau of NYCO examines the traditional applications for synthetic esters and explores the ways in which they could potentially be put to vastly more versatile use.
GOMA 48th Lubricants and Base Oils Symposium Pages 46 and 47
14-16 October 2015. Lone Hotel, Rovinj, Croatia In honour of the newly formed media partnership between LUBE and the GOMA symposium, Lube Magazine editor Suzy Jarman attended the event in October for the first time. Read her write-up of the event to learn more about GOMA’s background and the invaluable information and insight one can attain from attendance.
Regulars: UKLA President’s Report UEIL President’s Report Appointments UEIL News
Local Report
ICIS Base Oil Report Forthcoming Events Publisher’s details
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Cover: courtesy of Chevron Base Oils. The loading dock at Chevron’s Pascagoula Base Oil Plant preparing a vessel for supply to its European distribution hubs. See the full article starting on page 6.
4 LUBE MAGAZINE NO.131 FEBRUARY 2016
Travelling along highs and lows
Lube Magazine readers, welcome aboard! Fasten your seat belts and prepare for a terrific ride. You are witnessing a new era in the Lube Media suite. For the first time, Lube-Tech is now digital! Go to
www.lube-media.com/lubetech and you will see every single Lube-Tech which has ever been published, each one downloadable. We have opened our Media Portal to share with you this mine of information. It will help our readers from all around the world, on their journeys to gain technical knowledge provided by academic authors from some very high profile authoritative companies and organisations. The Lube-Tech in this February 2016 edition of LUBE, brings the number of Lube-Techs up to 102. Read all about our exciting new venture on page 36. Please let your colleagues know this!
Continuing on our journey, from Europe to further afield, I am pleased to share with you the news that UEIL has two new members: Lubrica from Bulgaria and Forsythe Lubrication located in Ontario, Canada. Forsythe has provided the Local Report which can be found on page 57.
Returning to the UK, the 20th ICIS World Base Oils and Lubricants Conference, to be held in London, will be well attended by delegates from all around the globe. The February 2016 edition of LUBE’s subject content is primarily Base Oils and will be handed out at this conference.
Throughout this February 2016 publication you will learn about new technologies and important developments. The ICIS Base Oil Report is particularly notable at this time of fluctuating oil prices and can be found on page 61.
Hearing the news of the highs of space exploration by Tim Peake, the first British European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut to visit the International Space Station, to the lows of the price of a barrel of oil to below $30, made me think and compare the two. Forty years ago in 1975, the Forties Oil Field (the largest oil field in the North Sea) laid their first pipelines. The deep sea exploration was described as one of the greatest feats of modern engineering. The technical challenges of the North Sea: poor weather and an outrageous environment, was more difficult than going to the moon, it was like a perilous journey into space. Things were being attempted that hadn’t been done before.
Where will we go next? How far, how deep, how high, how low?
And finally …
If you are in the market for purchasing a ‘highly flexible recycling plant for used oil’ please turn to page 14 to find out more information.
If you would like to contact me please do
suzy@ukla.org.uk
Suzy Jarman Editor
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