Emeka Umejei

Emeka.Umejei@lubesngreases.com

Recent Articles

Lube Standards Group for Nigeria

Lube Standards Group for Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigerian lubricant blenders proposed a unified body to enforce standards and meet the demands of origin …

State-Run Nigerian Firm Enters Lubes Biz

State-Run Nigerian Firm Enters Lubes Biz

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. will partner with a local blender to enter the finished lubricants ma …

Nigerian Auto Policy Finally Gets Green Light

Nigerian Auto Policy Finally Gets Green Light

The Nigeria automotive policy, first launched in 1993, never got the political backing it needed to be fully implemented …

Tanzania Outs Substandard Lubes

Tanzania Outs Substandard Lubes

The Tanzania Bureau of Standards published a public notice naming several types of passenger and heavy duty motor oil th …

Nigeria Turns Up Heat on Illegal Blenders

Nigeria Turns Up Heat on Illegal Blenders

Nigerias Department of Petroleum Resources arrested the operator of an illegal lubricant blending plant in Kontagora, Ni …

Will Techs Pick Alter Nigerian Market?

Will Techs Pick Alter Nigerian Market?

The Nigeria Automobile Technicians Associations endorsement of Nigerian blender Ammasco International Ltd.s lubricants u …

Fencing Nigerias Market

Fencing Nigerias Market

Hoping to keep out imports, Nigerian blenders have asked the government to raise tariffs on lubricants. They also call f …

Encore in South Africa

Encore in South Africa

The von Knoblauchs built Cera Oil into the largest independent lubricant blender and marketer in South Africa. Then, aft …

Oryx Migrates West

Oryx Migrates West

Oryx Energies is aiming to double its share of the African lubes market. A new plant in Togo supports its expansion into …

Nigeria Welcomes More Synthetics

Nigeria Welcomes More Synthetics

Independents and majors are competing for Nigerias growing synthetic lubricants market, as Lubcon International, Forte O …

Majors Dictate the Rules in Ghana

Majors Dictate the Rules in Ghana

Three oil companies dominate all lubricant product segments within Ghana, but independents and smaller blenders are figh …

Competition Heats up for Africas Mining Lubes

Competition Heats up for Africas Mining Lubes

Africa is home to a huge share of the worlds mineral resources, and the continents highly mechanized mining operations n …

Nigerian Blender Has Continental Ambitions

Nigerian Blender Has Continental Ambitions

Lubcon Nigeria Ltd. has visions of dominating the African lubes market and has developed ambitious expansion plans.

Nigerian Blenders Poised for Growth

Nigerian Blenders Poised for Growth

Nigeria is a huge market for lubricants that has grown significantly since the industry was deregulated in 1991. The cou …

Tanzania Enforces Lube Standards

Tanzania Enforces Lube Standards

The Tanzania Bureau of Standards has intensified efforts to rid the East African country of substandard lubricants but h …

Synlubes, Made in Nigeria

Synlubes, Made in Nigeria

Lubcon Nigeria Ltd. has produced Rugged Elite 5W-40, a synthetic motor oil that claims to be the first synthetic lubrica …

Kenya Considers Lube Market Regulations

Kenya Considers Lube Market Regulations

Kenyas Energy Regulatory Commission recently invited the Kenyan public to submit written comments on proposed regulation …

Fake Lubes Flood Nigeria

Fake Lubes Flood Nigeria

The Lubricants Producers Association of Nigeria laments the upsurge of impure lubricants, while the countrys two regulat …