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Vivo Lubes Profit Swells on Flat Volumes
An employee checks a car’s engine oil level at the lubricant bay of one of Vivo Energy’s Shell-branded service stations in Africa. Photo courtesy of Vivo Energy

Vivo Lubes Profit Swells on Flat Volumes

Lube Report EMEA - March 21, 2023

Vivo Energy, a major distributor of lubricants to retail and commercial customers across Africa, reported a slight decre ...

Vivo, Engen Merge African Operations

Vivo, Engen Merge African Operations

Lube Report EMEA - February 14, 2023

Engen and Vivo Energy will combine their respective African businesses to create one of Africa’s largest energy distri ...

HPCL Ties to FuelBuddy for Deliveries

HPCL Ties to FuelBuddy for Deliveries

Lube Report Asia - December 9, 2022

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.’s distributors will deliver automotive and industrial grade lubricants to customers’ ...

When Change Is Not a Choice

When Change Is Not a Choice

Lubes'n'Greases - July 6, 2022

Of the countless headaches the lubricants industry has faced in the past few years, Tom Glenn says that allocation may b ...

Playing Defense

Playing Defense

Lubes'n'Greases - May 2, 2022

The United States lubricants industry has been operating in unprecedented conditions during the past year. Tom Glenn dis ...

Forewarned Is Forearmed

Forewarned Is Forearmed

Lubes'n'Greases - March 1, 2022

Communication between distributors and the majors who supply them has been especially difficult over the past several mo ...

Automotive

Automotive

Lubes'n'Greases - October 4, 2021

Making an Engine Oil Every time you purchase or install a quart of engine oil, you are the end point of a manufacturi ...

The Devil in the Details of National Accounts

The Devil in the Details of National Accounts

Lubes'n'Greases - September 1, 2021

National accounts are an important segment of the lubricant business for both majors and their distributors. When taken ...

Supply Chain Meets Quality

Supply Chain Meets Quality

Lubes'n'Greases - August 2, 2021

The lubricant supply chain is both long and complex, and no group is more aware of that than lubricant distributors. Bec ...

Need to Know

Need to Know

Lubes'n'Greases - May 3, 2021

Embracing Technology in Lubricant Distribution   The lubricants business has moved through a period of considera ...

Vertex Earnings Dipped in 2020, Q4

Vertex Earnings Dipped in 2020, Q4

Lube Report Americas - March 17, 2021

Vertex Energy’s black oil segment, which includes its rerefineries and used oil collection business, reported a drop i ...

Calumet Loss Increased in 2020

Calumet Loss Increased in 2020

Lube Report Americas - March 10, 2021

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. reported a fourth quarter net loss of $82.6 million, worse than a $38.6 million ...

Cosan’s Lubes Finish 2020 Strong

Cosan’s Lubes Finish 2020 Strong

Lube Report Americas - February 17, 2021

Cosan’s Moove lubricants arm reported higher profits, revenue and sales volumes for the fourth quarter and full year, ...

Fuchs Picks Up Vietnam Distributor

Fuchs Picks Up Vietnam Distributor

Lube Report Asia - February 12, 2021

Fuchs Group announced this week that it has purchased a controlling stake in the lubricants business of Vietnamese distr ...

Additive

Brenntag Acquires Thai Distributor

Lube Report Asia - July 8, 2020

Chemicals company Brenntag acquired Thailand-based lubricants distributor Oils ‘R Us Co. Ltd. as part of its expansion ...

YPF Distributes Chevron Base Oils

YPF Distributes Chevron Base Oils

Lube Report Americas - July 1, 2020

Chevron Products Co. announced a base oil distribution agreement with Argentine energy company YPF S.A., adding its seco ...

Additive

Slow Recovery Forecast for U.S.

Lube Report Americas - June 8, 2020

The lubricants market faces a “very gradual” recovery, regardless of the ultimate size of the dip in the economy or ...