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Brazil Base Oil Imports Jump in December

Brazil Base Oil Imports Jump in December

Lube Report Americas - February 7, 2024

Brazil’s base oil imports volume surged 48% in December, compared to the same month last year, while the full-year 202 ...

Afton Profit Down for Quarter, Up for 2023

Afton Profit Down for Quarter, Up for 2023

Lube Report Americas - February 7, 2024

Afton Chemical suffered drops in sales and operating profit for the fourth quarter plus a dip in sales for the full year ...

Aminol Production Dipped in 2023

Aminol Production Dipped in 2023

Lube Report EMEA - February 6, 2024

Aminol, one of the largest lubricant marketers in Azerbaijan, produced 46,000 metric tons of finished products in 2023, ...

Lukoil Refinery Struck in Drone Attack

Lukoil Refinery Struck in Drone Attack

Lube Report EMEA - February 6, 2024

Lukoil’s refinery in Volgograd, Russia, site of a major lubricant manufacturing complex, was struck last weekend by a ...

Vickers Opening Food-grade Lube Plant

Vickers Opening Food-grade Lube Plant

Lube Report EMEA - February 6, 2024

Vickers Oils announced it has built a lubricant blending plant in the Leeds, United Kingdom, area dedicated to productio ...

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SK, Hyundai Partner on Refrigerants for EVs

Lube Report Asia - February 2, 2024

SK Enmove and Hyundai Motor Group entered an agreement last week to jointly develop refrigerants for heating and cooling ...

Hongrun White Oil Project includes Group III Plant

Hongrun White Oil Project includes Group III Plant

Lube Report Asia - February 2, 2024

Hongrun Petrochemical Technology Co. has commissioned a white oil project that includes an API Group III plant at its oi ...

Japan Demand Rose Barely in 2023

Japan Demand Rose Barely in 2023

Lube Report Asia - February 2, 2024

Japan’s finished lubricant demand edged up 1% in 2023, while its lubricants production declined 6%, according to data ...

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Lubrizol Inks Licensing Deal with BASF

Lube Report Americas - January 31, 2024

BASF and Lubrizol struck a deal last week for the latter to produce and distribute several products from two lines of in ...

Novvi Exits Bankruptcy with New Structure

Novvi Exits Bankruptcy with New Structure

Lube Report Americas - January 31, 2024

Renewable base stock supplier Novvi emerged from voluntary bankruptcy last week with a new ownership structure and a cap ...

U.S. Base Oil Output Slipped in November

U.S. Base Oil Output Slipped in November

Lube Report Americas - January 31, 2024

United States base oil production declined 8% in November, compared to the same month last year. November’s output tot ...

Eni to Shutter Livorno Base Oil Plant

Eni to Shutter Livorno Base Oil Plant

Lube Report EMEA - January 30, 2024

Italian refiner Eni stated Monday that the base oil plant at its Livorno, Italy, fuels refinery will close permanently w ...

Total, Veolia Recycle Used Bottles in U.A.E.

Total, Veolia Recycle Used Bottles in U.A.E.

Lube Report EMEA - January 30, 2024

TotalEnergies and waste management firm Veolia have formed a partnership to recycle used automotive lubricant containers ...

Shell to Produce Group III in Germany

Shell to Produce Group III in Germany

Lube Report EMEA - January 30, 2024

Shell last week announced plans to convert a fuels refinery in Wesseling, Germany, to produce API Group III base oils. T ...

Car Production Boosts Moresco’s Specialty Lubes

Car Production Boosts Moresco’s Specialty Lubes

Lube Report Asia - January 26, 2024

Japan's Moresco reported an 8% rise in specialty lubricant sales and a 31% decline in synthetic lubricant sales for the ...

Fuchs, Zhongding Partner on Immersion Cooling

Fuchs, Zhongding Partner on Immersion Cooling

Lube Report Asia - January 26, 2024

Fuchs Lubricants China Ltd. recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Anhui Zhongding Intelligent Thermal M ...

Hindustan Mulls Spin-off of Lubes Business

Hindustan Mulls Spin-off of Lubes Business

Lube Report Asia - January 26, 2024

India’s state-owned oil marketing company Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. has hired a consultant to advise on a spin-of ...

Kano Acquires Food Grade Lubes Firm

Kano Acquires Food Grade Lubes Firm

Lube Report Americas - January 24, 2024

Kano Laboratories, which manufactures penetrating oils, announced on Monday the acquisition of Synco Chemical Corp. and ...