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Automotive Lubricants Shift Toward Synthetics

Automotive Lubricants Shift Toward Synthetics

Lubes'n'Greases - January 2, 2024

Sean Nguyen of Pennzoil outlines some of the most prominent trends affecting automotive lubricants, including the uptake ...

Base Oils Said Unaffected by Porvoo Conversion

Base Oils Said Unaffected by Porvoo Conversion

Lube Report EMEA - January 2, 2024

Neste announced it will convert its Porvoo, Finland, crude oil refinery to process renewable feedstocks, but that change ...

Rerefinery Opens Near Arctic Circle

Rerefinery Opens Near Arctic Circle

Lube Report EMEA - December 26, 2023

A base oil rerefinery that opened recently in Severodvinsk, Russia, may not be large, but it appears to be the northernm ...

Lopal Posts Higher Sales Revenue

Lopal Posts Higher Sales Revenue

Lube Report Asia - December 22, 2023

Chinese lubricant marketer Lopal Tech Co. reported that increases in the average selling prices by its lubricants segmen ...

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EV OEMs

Electric Vehicles InSite - December 18, 2023

As pressure increases from governments and international organisations on original equipment manufacturers to meet stric ...

Poor Lube Demand Hurt U.S. Base Oil Market

Poor Lube Demand Hurt U.S. Base Oil Market

Lube Report Americas - December 13, 2023

The U.S. base oil market was hurt by deteriorating finished lubricant demand in 2023, while strong demand for exports he ...

New ISO Sustainability Standards: One Done, One to Come!

New ISO Sustainability Standards: One Done, One to Come!

Sustainability InSite - December 11, 2023

Two ISO sustainability standards have been either launched or are in the pipeline. If widely embraced, both have the pot ...

Lukoil, Shell, Mobil Top Russian Survey

Lukoil, Shell, Mobil Top Russian Survey

Lube Report EMEA - December 11, 2023

Shell and Mobil remain two of the three most popular motor oil brands in Russia, despite Shell and ExxonMobil exiting th ...

UMW Moves to Bigger Plant

UMW Moves to Bigger Plant

Lube Report Asia - December 8, 2023

Independent toll blender UMW Lubetech Sdn. has increased its production capacity by more than two-thirds to 60 million l ...

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Electric Vehicle Fluid Producers

Electric Vehicles InSite - December 5, 2023

Several of the world’s major lubricant manufacturers and a growing number of smaller players have stepped into the ded ...

Rising Costs, Potential Regs Loom Over Lithium

Rising Costs, Potential Regs Loom Over Lithium

Lube Report EMEA - December 5, 2023

Lithium greases are under pressure from a run-up in lithium prices and from calls for the European Union to classify the ...

Base Oil Report

Base Oil Report

Lubes'n'Greases - December 4, 2023

Gabriela Wheeler explains why the North American base oil market is resisting its usual seasonal slowdown.

Oily Wastewater Status Unchanged

Oily Wastewater Status Unchanged

Sustainability InSite - December 1, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency has stepped back from reclassifying used oil and wastewater mixtures as hazardous wa ...

Japan Lube Production Dipped in October

Japan Lube Production Dipped in October

Lube Report Asia - December 1, 2023

Japan’s production of finished lubricants decreased 3%, while domestic lubricant sales climbed 12% in October, accordi ...

Petrobras Cancels Lubnor Refinery Sale

Petrobras Cancels Lubnor Refinery Sale

Lube Report Americas - November 29, 2023

Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras announced Monday that it had terminated the sale of the Lubnor refinery to Grepar Parti ...

Slow Decline Forecast for European Market

Slow Decline Forecast for European Market

Lube Report EMEA - November 28, 2023

Europe’s finished lubricant demand is expected to stagnate during the next few years, affected by the continent’s co ...

EU EV Market Growing

EU EV Market Growing

Electric Vehicles InSite - November 27, 2023

The EU EV market is growing apace, with registrations increasing by triple-digits in some states. Year-to-date sales rea ...

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Defining Sustainability

Sustainability InSite - November 24, 2023

Can a steel producer and a wind turbine manufacturer both be considered “sustainable”?