Shell Opens Lubricants Blending Plant in China     

Shell Lubricants on November 26th announced the start-up of its newest lubricants complex in Asia to meet growing demand in China. With a production capacity of 200 million liters a year, and the potential for a phased development to 400 million liters a year, the complex could become one of Shell's top three lubricants blending plants worldwide in volume terms.
   Located in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, the blending plant will be Shell's sixth in China and will produce consumer, transport, industrial and marine lubricants, targeted at the Chinese market.
   In a further development, Shell also announced new investment in a technical facility at the complex. This will offer a range of technical services including a quality control laboratory to provide key customers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the automotive industry with technical research, marketing and training services related to their lubricants applications.