Paul Turner, vice-president of Castrol's global supply chain, delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of their expanded plant in Taicang on Jan 16. [Photo/WeChat account: TPETDZ]

Castrol has enlarged its lube oil blending plant in Taicang into the company's largest one in the Asia-Pacific region can now generate 163,000 tons of lube oil, doubling its previous annual capacity, according to the opening ceremony held on Jan 16.

Covering an area of more than 60,000 square meters, the expanded plant boasts a comprehensive product portfolio, producing three kinds of engine oil – EDGE, MAGNATEC, and GTX and all kinds of lube oil used in auto, marine and aircraft industries.

Paul Turner, vice-president of Castrol's global supply chain, highly appraised the extension project for having no security issues in the extent of one million hours of work.

"As part of our global investment, this expanded plant will be used to satisfy China's rapidly growing demand for high quality lube oil," Paul said at the opening ceremony.

Wang Jianguo, mayor of Taicang, hopes that Castrol will continue to enlarge its scale and improve the quality of its products to further contribute to the city's new material industry.

Castrol, a subsidiary of one of the world's seven oil and gas "supermajors" BP plc, is a British global brand of industrial and automotive lubricants offering a wide range of oils, greases and similar products for most lubrication applications.