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Russian Lube Output Slows

January 1, 2014

MOSCOW – The Kremlins hefty spending on Russias defense industry and heavy investments in infrastructural and security projects ahead of the 201 ...

Waste oil collector Atlantic Pacific LLC will relaunch its Midwest operations with a focus on Chicago, with three trucks and 8,500 gallons per day cap ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Two or three years of slow growth in Brazil may drag down the whole South American lubricant market, resulting in lube deman ...

Gone are the days when licensees had to complete long and complicated forms,the American Petroleum Institute says upon launching its Engine Oil Licens ...

Liqui Moly Invests 20 Million

December 25, 2013

German motor oil and aftermarket additive manufacturer Liqui Moly will invest nearly 20 million (U.S. $27.4 million) in development and production by ...

Russian lube marketer Gazpromneft Lubricants signed a strategic partnership deal with the Russian Association of Auto Dealers.The agreement announced ...

Middle East and Persian Gulf countries have traditionally been low consumers of high-quality engine oils. But that may be about to change as the regio ...

Nigeria is a huge market for lubricants that has grown significantly since the industry was deregulated in 1991. The countrys Lubricant Producer Assoc ...

Marketing Matters

December 20, 2013

Ray Masson forecasts the prospects for surviving Group I suppliers.

Last Word

December 20, 2013

Dick Beercheck describes infrastructure projects in Africa and the ramifications for the lubricants industry.

Pemex Goal: Retake Home Market

December 18, 2013

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Mexico today relies on imported base oils to meet its growing appetite for lubes, but with Pemexs planned API Group II expan ...

Russian authorities went ahead with plans to move a Moscow-based specialty lubricants plant, despite protests by industry sources and marketers that i ...

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

CPC-Shell Rethinking Low-Vis?

December 11, 2013

Taiwans CPC-Shell Lubricants is evaluating whether it will restart its shuttered API Group I low-viscosity base oil production train in Kaohsiung, Tai ...

A North Carolina state agency issued an official ban on the sale of Everclear motor oil after tests found 95 samples failed to meet proper levels of v ...

Shell Wins Claim in Russia

December 11, 2013

The Moscow Arbitration Court for commercial disputes agreed that Vostok-Logistik imported Shell lubricants without authorization into Russia, a Shell ...

A fire caused by a ruptured product tank injured one worker at Bango Refinings rerefinery in Fallon, Nev., Monday morning.In a news release issued Mon ...

Gazprom, Derways Expand Deal

December 11, 2013

Gazprom Neft Lubricants and Russian car maker Derways sealed a five-year partnership agreement for supply, development and marketing of new lubricant ...

Fire Ravages Ohio Rerefinery

December 4, 2013

An explosion and fire destroyed the processing unit of Hydrodecs transformer oil rerefinery in Canton, Ohio, on Sunday afternoon, causing no injuries ...

BRUSSELS – REACH is accomplishing most of its objectives thus far, according to the European Commission, but changes must be made to reduce the ...