KA Petra Plans To Build Lubricant Blending Plant In Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 (Bernama) -- KA Petra Sdn Bhd plans to build a 50,000 metric tonnes per year lubricant blending plant in Malaysia following the company's appointment as a distributor for Gulf Oil lubricants in Malaysia. KA Petra Sdn Bhd Founder and Managing Director Datuk Shahrul Amirul said details of the plant would be disclosed later as negotiations were still ongoing. Currently, Gulf Oil lubricants is produced and shipped to Malaysia from Singapore, he told reporters after signing a partnership agreement with Gulf Oil International Ltd at the Malaysia World Maritime Day 2016 Conference and Exhibition here today. The agreement would facilitate the distribution of passenger and commercial vehicles, motorcycles, industrial and agricultural and marine products lubricants by KA Petra Sdn Bhd in Malaysia. KA Petra is a major lubricants distributor for the maritime and oil and gas industry in Malaysia with a supply chain infrastructure network nationwide. The company services various maritime market segments such as shipping, ports, shipyards, dredging and offshore. -- BERNAMA