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London – Global base oil demand growth remains modest in aggregate but hides divergent regional shifts, Michael Connolly of ICIS said at the 30th IC ...

Briefly Noted

February 11, 2026

Petrolimex Rebrands to Highlight Digital and Green Energy ShiftVietnam National Petroleum Group, known as Petrolimex, has launched a new brand identit ...

China’s base oil imports totaled 1.46894 million metric tons in 2025, a decline of 4.4% from the previous year, according to data from the General A ...

An email seen by Lube Report indicates that U.K. trade remedy duties on certain lubricants may be unenforceable in Northern Ireland because of the uni ...

Germany-based Fuchs SE will take full control of its lubricants joint venture with Opet in Turkey, the company announced. Upon closing, expected by th ...

Despite recent run rate reductions at a number of plants due to freezing weather and a shift toward additional diesel and heating oil output, most bas ...

Following supportive attendances at two base oil conferences in London last week, many announcements were made by participating companies regarding pl ...

Supply continues to outpace demand in most segments of the base oils market, but there were expectations that improved base oil consumption would emer ...

Gabriela Wheeler discusses some signs that demand for U.S. base oils could improve in coming months, although prices may continue to face downward pre ...

While the winter storm that affected large parts of the United States and Canada last week and the freezing temperatures that persist did not directly ...

Ardova Plc introduced a new lubricant, AP Supermax, on Thursday in Lagos as part of a strategy to expand its presence in Nigeria’s downstream mass m ...

Russia is awash with Chinese cars, yet sales are falling, dealerships are closing and hundreds of thousands of new vehicles remain unsold. That parado ...

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd, one of the India’s largest integrated energy companies, and Castrol India, the country’s producer and marketer of f ...

Lukoil Sells Foreign Assets

February 4, 2026

Russian energy company Lukoil entered a nonexclusive deal with United States-based equity firm Carlyle to sell Lukoil International GmbH, the unit tha ...

Briefly Noted

February 3, 2026

Ergon and Japan Sun Oil in Transformer Oil Distribution DealErgon formalized a transformer oil distribution agreement with Japan Sun Oil, granting the ...

As London heads into conference week for base oils, swiftly followed by what is now called International Energy Week, base oil markets are bracing geo ...

United Kingdom-based lubricant additive manufacturer Infineum signed a supply agreement with Chinese additive component producer Rianlon for the Asia- ...

Kline & Co.’s Anuj Kumar observes Group III base oils sprouting from a few used oil rerefiners and predicts more will come.

PC-12 Is on Track

February 2, 2026

The next heavy-duty engine oil specification for North America is headed for the finish line, but a few final tasks remain.

A tidal wave of mineral base oil capacity is surging onto a global market that already has a supply overhang. Exporters are especially likely to feel ...