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Importers of finished lubricants from Lithuania and the United Arab Emirates could have to pay a substantial guarantee against extra duty on goods, ac ...

Poland’s lubricants market contracted in 2024 for a third consecutive year, despite broader signs of economic recovery, as uneven demand across key ...

Lubrizol CV1150 heavy duty motor oil additive package meets China’s GB D1 specification for heavy duty engines.

Quaker Houghton last week entered partnerships with two giants of the lubricant industry’s Asian giants – Petronas Lubricants International and Id ...

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April 23, 2025

Used engine oil is typically burned for heat, recycled into vehicle fuel or rerefined into base oil. But in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Abdulkarim Mwajas ...

After rigorous testing, U.S.-based cooling innovation company Airsys has approved Belgian bio-based oleochemicals company Oleon’s plant-derived Qloe ...

European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets are reacting very differently to the threat of United States tariffs, with some markets going in ...

Base oil prices were steady-to-soft on limited tr\ading given tight supplies of some grades and sluggish demand from downstream lubricant segments. Ec ...

The UK’s Trade Remedies Authority has provisionally determined that the volume of engine oil and hydraulic fluid imported from Lithuania and the Uni ...

Soft conditions in lubricant markets were dampening base oil demand at a time when consumption should be flourishing as the summer driving season appr ...

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April 16, 2025

Korean lubricant company SK Enmove has developed a vehicle refrigerant that received an international refrigerant certification R-Number from the Amer ...

Thai lubricant company PSP Specialties Public Co. bought 65% of chemical recycling provider Recycle Engineering, PSP announced on its website.

Oil refiners in Brazil produced 52,160 metric tons of base oil in March, according to the latest government data, the first month this year that outpu ...

Shell expects base oil production at its Wesseling refinery to start in 2028.

Sinopec Lubricant Co. and Fuchs China signed an agreement that could solve supply chain challenges and enhance resilience, the companies sai ...

United States-based public health standards organization NSF launched a certification for makers of food equipment materials, nonfood compounds and ch ...

Base oils may be exempt from wide-ranging import tariffs imposed by the United States, but lubricant and base oil markets still stand to be impacted b ...

Activity was somewhat subdued in Asian base oil markets, as many uncertainties continued to temper buyers’ enthusiasm. Aside from the upheaval broug ...

Spring base oil demand seemed to be scuttering along against a background of tumbling stocks and crude oil prices as a result of the sweeping tariffs ...

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April 9, 2025

Castrol released onto the market a range of marine engine lubricant for two-stroke engines – Castrol Cyltech 70f, 100f and 140f. The oil is aimed at ...