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Fast-growing East Africa is attracting huge international interest, and its lubricant industry is keeping pace, with multiple blending plants planned.

U.S. oil major Chevron opened its first lubricant store last week in Baku, Azerbaijan, and also plans to open a chain of lube express shops there. Bak ...

World champion blending plants arent necessarily newer or bigger than the competition. Its better management that makes them more efficient, more prod ...

Azmol, one of the former Soviet Unions largest lubricant makers, went bankrupt under a recent commercial court rule, according to Voice of Ukraine, th ...

Polish lube marketer Orlen Oil started the liquidation process of its Czech product distribution subsidiary, the company told Lube Report on Tuesday. ...

Chinas Sinopec has found a way to get its transformer oil sold in other countries - by tying in with Chinese transformer manufacturers.

Japan's economy has been expanding, which should mean opportunity in one of the world's largest lubricant markets. Even so, Japanese lube marketers ar ...

Food-grade and Fire-resistant. Heat abounds in food processing plants -- for frying, grilling, scalding, singeing and more -- so operators should not ...

Why DIY Matters. Just one passenger car motor oil buyer in five is an enthusiastic do-it-yourselfer. And these active consumers are a prize worth figh ...

Slowly, the World's Thirst Grows. Global lubricant demand will grow at less than 2 percent per year, to reach 42.1 million metric tons by 2017, a rece ...

Steve Swedbergs Automotive column examines the diverging technical demands of gasoline and diesel engine oils.

Tom Glenn foresees rerefined motor oils moving from niche to mainstream.

BRUSSELS-The $1 trillion economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China all have different development drivers and potential for growth, but consultancy ...

MOSCOW – The Kremlins hefty spending on Russias defense industry and heavy investments in infrastructural and security projects ahead of the 201 ...

Global energy demand in 2040 will be 35 percent higher than in 2010, with oil, gas and coal accounting for 77 percent of total energy consumption and ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Two or three years of slow growth in Brazil may drag down the whole South American lubricant market, resulting in lube deman ...

Gone are the days when licensees had to complete long and complicated forms,the American Petroleum Institute says upon launching its Engine Oil Licens ...

Russian lube marketer Gazpromneft Lubricants signed a strategic partnership deal with the Russian Association of Auto Dealers.The agreement announced ...

Middle East and Persian Gulf countries have traditionally been low consumers of high-quality engine oils. But that may be about to change as the regio ...