Process Oils

Spain’s lubricant demand rebounded in the second half of 2023 to finish ahead of 2022 levels, the Spain Lubricants Association reported last month.

Spain’s lubricant demand decreased 2% in 2022, remaining short of the country’s pre-pandemic level of consumption, the Spain Lubricants Associatio ...

South Korean lubricants blender Michang Oil Ind. Co. Ltd. reported a 45% drop in net profit and a 4% increase in sales for the quarter ending Sept. 30 ...

France Lube Demand Falls

December 20, 2022

Lubricant consumption in France declined 8% to 43,869 metric tons in October, compared to the same month last year, Paris-based Professional Lubricant ...

France’s lubricant consumption was flat at 44.4 million tons in September, nearly unchanged from the same month last year, Paris-based Professional ...

France Lube Sales Fall in July

September 20, 2022

France’s lubricant consumption fell 11% to 44,253 tons in July, compared to the same month last year, according to data released last week by the Pa ...

Lubricant sales in France were up slightly for 2021 and in December, compared to the same periods in 2020, according to an industry association’s da ...

A fire broke out Saturday night at Ergon’s refinery in Newell, West Virginia, damaging a fuels unit and forcing the whole facility to shut down. The ...

Russian chemical producer Orgkhim expanded its process oil production in Uren, Nizhny Novgorod, from 110,000 tons per year to 130,000 t/y by adding a ...

Need To Know

May 21, 2018

Tom Glenn pinpoints the main growth drivers for industrial lubes.