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Indonesia Disputes EU Fatty Acid Duties

Indonesia Disputes EU Fatty Acid Duties

Lube Report EMEA - February 13, 2024

Indonesia requested World Trade Organization dispute consultations with the European Union over its imposition of anti-d ...

November Bump for U.S. Base Oil Exports

November Bump for U.S. Base Oil Exports

Lube Report Americas - February 7, 2024

The United States exported 74% more in November than the same month last year and also imported 36% more base oil, accor ...

Lukoil Refinery Struck in Drone Attack

Lukoil Refinery Struck in Drone Attack

Lube Report EMEA - February 6, 2024

Lukoil’s refinery in Volgograd, Russia, site of a major lubricant manufacturing complex, was struck last weekend by a ...

Brazilian Car Parc Drives Base Oil Demand

Brazilian Car Parc Drives Base Oil Demand

Lubes'n'Greases - February 1, 2024

Brazil’s growing car parc as well as advances in vehicle technology have reshaped base oil demand in the country. Is t ...

Podcast 19: Five Sustainability Trends for 2024

Podcast 19: Five Sustainability Trends for 2024

Lubes'n'Greases - January 31, 2024

This year could be pivotal in the struggle to keep the planet spiralling into an irreversible climate catastrophe.

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Lubrizol Inks Licensing Deal with BASF

Lube Report Americas - January 31, 2024

BASF and Lubrizol struck a deal last week for the latter to produce and distribute several products from two lines of in ...

U.S. Base Oil Output Slipped in November

U.S. Base Oil Output Slipped in November

Lube Report Americas - January 31, 2024

United States base oil production declined 8% in November, compared to the same month last year. November’s output tot ...

Eni to Shutter Livorno Base Oil Plant

Eni to Shutter Livorno Base Oil Plant

Lube Report EMEA - January 30, 2024

Italian refiner Eni stated Monday that the base oil plant at its Livorno, Italy, fuels refinery will close permanently w ...

Shell to Produce Group III in Germany

Shell to Produce Group III in Germany

Lube Report EMEA - January 30, 2024

Shell last week announced plans to convert a fuels refinery in Wesseling, Germany, to produce API Group III base oils. T ...

Hindustan Mulls Spin-off of Lubes Business

Hindustan Mulls Spin-off of Lubes Business

Lube Report Asia - January 26, 2024

India’s state-owned oil marketing company Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. has hired a consultant to advise on a spin-of ...

Brazil Base Oil Output Fell in 2023

Brazil Base Oil Output Fell in 2023

Lube Report Americas - January 24, 2024

Base oil production in Brazil was down again in December, closing out a year in which output dropped 11% compared to 202 ...

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The Business Case

Sustainability InSite - January 22, 2024

Companies can no longer avoid sustainability. Their upstream suppliers and downstream customers also demand partners tak ...

Saneg Revamped its Group I Base Oils

Saneg Revamped its Group I Base Oils

Lube Report Asia - January 19, 2024

Uzbekistan’s refiner and base oil marketer Saneg revamped API Group I base oil production at its Fergana refinery with ...

First Contraction of EU BEV Market in 4 Years

First Contraction of EU BEV Market in 4 Years

Electric Vehicles InSite - January 18, 2024

Monthly registrations of new battery electric vehicles contracted for the first time in almost four years at the close o ...

Ohio Shuns California Emissions Regulations

Ohio Shuns California Emissions Regulations

Lube Report Americas - January 17, 2024

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a bill into law last month that, effective March 28, prohibits a state agency from adop ...

Agreement Aims to Restart Curacao Refinery

Agreement Aims to Restart Curacao Refinery

Lube Report Americas - January 10, 2024

Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. and the owner of Refineria Isla have reached an agreement resolving a debt dispute and re-es ...

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Global EV Sales Trends

Electric Vehicles InSite - January 5, 2024

Through COVID, conflicts and chip shortages, global EV sales trends have followed an upward path.

U.S. Base Oil Output Flat in October

U.S. Base Oil Output Flat in October

Lube Report Americas - January 3, 2024

Base oil production in the United States was flat in October, with a 1% increase in paraffinic production offset by a 9% ...