Q8Oils has become a major player in Western Europe and plans to do the same in the U.S., China and Middle East.

Irans oil companies are optimistic that an agreement with the U.S. and its allies will ease sanctions and improve business prospects.

Russias base oil production is sorely in need of upgrading, but many improvement projects are behind schedule or on hold for lack of funding.

Lubcon Nigeria Ltd. has visions of dominating the African lubes market and has developed ambitious expansion plans.

Nancy DeMarco introduces Lube Report Asia.

Anuj Kumar forecasts the Western European base oil market.

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Fast-growing East Africa is attracting huge international interest, and its lubricant industry is keeping pace, with multiple blending plants planned.

Naphthenic base oil producer Panjin Northern Asphalt has opened a paraffinic Group II plant in northern China. The new facility, located in Liaoning P ...

Nynas is now operating the base oil plant and associated production units at the former Shell refinery in Harburg, Germany. The takeover of the base o ...

U.S. oil major Chevron opened its first lubricant store last week in Baku, Azerbaijan, and also plans to open a chain of lube express shops there. Bak ...

Azmol, one of the former Soviet Unions largest lubricant makers, went bankrupt under a recent commercial court rule, according to Voice of Ukraine, th ...

Polish lube marketer Orlen Oil started the liquidation process of its Czech product distribution subsidiary, the company told Lube Report on Tuesday. ...

Chinas Sinopec has found a way to get its transformer oil sold in other countries - by tying in with Chinese transformer manufacturers.

Japan's economy has been expanding, which should mean opportunity in one of the world's largest lubricant markets. Even so, Japanese lube marketers ar ...

The new year marked the implementation in China of higher gasoline quality standards designed to help reduce air pollution. One observer warns that au ...

Europe's Waxes: Up to Snuff? Production is sputtering, even as the region's appetite for petroleum waxes grows. Will the next API Group I refinery clo ...

Japan Sun Oil Carves a Niche. From its origins in an East-West friendship of the 1930s, to its place now as a specialty blender, this Sunoco subsidiar ...

Gabriela Wheeler encounters furrowed brows and narrowed margins in the U.S. base oil market.

BRUSSELS-The $1 trillion economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China all have different development drivers and potential for growth, but consultancy ...