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April 15, 2025

Base oils may be exempt from wide-ranging import tariffs imposed by the United States, but lubricant and base oil market ...

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April 8, 2025

As the world reels from the United States’ April 2 announcement of tariffs against imports from most of the world, an ...

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April 1, 2025

A degree of firmness has crept into base oil markets the past few weeks, apparently due both supply cuts caused by refin ...

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March 25, 2025

If business, including the lubricant and base oil industries, had hoped for quick resolutions to the wars in Ukraine and ...

Total Opens Lagos Lab, Departs Manilla

Total Opens Lagos Lab, Departs Manilla

March 19, 2025

TotalEnergies opened an oil condition monitoring laboratory and closed out operations in Manilla.

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March 18, 2025

It may be too early to say what will come of ceasefire talks over the war in Ukraine, but an end to the fighting could h ...

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March 11, 2025

More than usual, energy markets and others are being roiled by a series of geopolitical events that are dominating globa ...

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March 4, 2025

The dust-up in Washington between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed how much things can change in a week, and ...

Fuchs Finishes South Africa Expansion

Fuchs Finishes South Africa Expansion

February 26, 2025

Fuchs Group inaugurated its expanded production facility in South Africa after shelling out €26 million to add new equ ...

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February 25, 2025

On the third anniversary of Russia’s latest invasion of Ukraine, with the United States roiling the Western alliance a ...

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February 18, 2025

This week saw the start of talks aimed at ending the three-year-old war between Russia and Ukraine – a goal that could ...

Protestors Disrupt Shell Talk

Protestors Disrupt Shell Talk

February 12, 2025

Two protesters disrupted a presentation by a Shell official at the ICIS World Base Oils and Lubricants Conference in Lon ...

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February 11, 2025

United States President Donald Trump imposed 25% tariffs this week on steel and aluminum imports from all countries, an ...

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February 4, 2025

Base oil markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are bogged down at the moment, constrained by geopolitical factor ...

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January 28, 2025

As the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues to hold, some businesses in Israel and Lebanon – including lubrica ...

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January 21, 2025

European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets are now back in full swing, with many buyers looking for available ...

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January 14, 2025

Base oil trading has certainly resumed across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, but business in many parts of the regi ...

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January 7, 2025

Across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, base oil trade began ramping up as individuals involved returned to their des ...