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Briefly Noted

October 9, 2020

Hans Jorn Madsen became owner of Singapore-based industrial and automotive lubricants distributor Pacific Petroleum. Madsen took over daily management ...

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October 7, 2020

Phillips 66 will raise finished lubricant prices up to 10% effective Nov. 2, and Citgo Petroleum Corp. will implement a general price increase of up t ...

Correction

October 6, 2020

The initial version of a Sept. 29 article, “In Russia, Clawing Back from Lockdown,” gave an incorrect reason for Total’s temporary shutdown of i ...

Briefly Noted

October 6, 2020

Telko Ltd., part of the Aspo Group, acquired Swedish distributor ILS Nordic AB and its subsidiary Autolubes Nordic AB. Telko has been a distributor of ...

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October 2, 2020

ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. appointed Quality Logistics Services Asia as its base oil distributor for Malaysia. QLSAsia, which is a subsidiary o ...

Briefly Noted

September 30, 2020

New light-vehicle sales in the United States are projected to fall to 1.3 million units for September, down 0.3% compared to September 2019, according ...

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September 29, 2020

Registrations of new passenger cars in the European Union fell to 769,525 in August, down 19% from 949,034 in August 2019, according to data released ...

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September 25, 2020

New automobile registrations in Japan totaled 326,436 in August, down 16% from 388,600 in August 2019, according to data released by the Japan Automob ...

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September 23, 2020

Chevron announced to its customers a general price increase of up to 12% on all lubricating oils and greases, effective Oct. 26.  Argentina’s YPF a ...

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September 22, 2020

Adnoc Distribution joined 73 local companies that Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp.’s business and industrial development team and the Nawah Energy Co. ...

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September 18, 2020

China’s Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council announced on Tuesday a one-year extension of existing tariff exemptions for 16 goods from the ...

Correction

September 18, 2020

Contrary to the initial version of the Sept. 11 Asia Base Oil Price Report, which was based on information from outside sources, the Bapco Lube Oil pl ...

Briefly Noted

September 16, 2020

RelaDyne acquired Ukiah, California-based Nick Barbieri Trucking LLC, an oil, lubricant, gasoline and diesel fuel distributor serving Northern Califor ...