11 PLC, formerly known as Mobil Oil Nigeria, says it is expanding and modernizing its lubricant blending plant in Lagos after a Nigerian company acqui ...

A Glencore-backed consortiums acquisition of Chevrons downstream operations in South Africa and Botswana is complete, and the acquired entity will hav ...

Vivo Energy plc has a revised agreement to acquire Engen Petroleums operations in eight African countries. The deal has the potential to expand the pe ...

Phony lubricant products and performance claims are reportedly widespread in some developing markets. Oil companies must work hard to eradicate this h ...

Each country in the regions lubricants market has its own supply-and-demand characteristics, but all are on an upward, albeit modest, growth path.

The South African Competition Tribunal last Thursday conditionally approved a Glencore-backed consortiums proposed acquisition of a controlling stake ...

The South African Competition Commission last week qualified a bid by a group backed by Swiss mining company Glencore to acquire 75 percent of Chevron ...

Ever-increasing demand on insufficient infrastructure widens the gap between generation capacity and consumption of electricity. Lubricant-thirsty pri ...

In most markets, base oil prices have risen significantly in the past two years, but in Nigeria, they have headed in the opposite direction. Local lub ...

Oman Trading International, a subsidiary of Oman Oil Marketing Co., inked an agreement with Kenyas Hass Petroleum to sell the Muscat-based marketers r ...

African vehicles face a perfect storm of adverse operating conditions - hot weather, low-quality oils and poor maintenance practices. The result is en ...

The country is one of the biggest economies on the continent, with a highly developed and growing food processing industry. As activity increases, so ...

When margins are tight and currency is scarce, base oil traders often look for ways to cut costs. One place to look is flexitanks, liquid transport co ...

Total recently completed an upgrade of its lubricant blending plant in Durban, South Africa, including construction of laboratory, part of a plan to b ...

On both sides of the Atlantic, metal removal fluid suppliers and their customers are relieved by the European Unions extension of regulatory exemption ...

Emeka Umejei explores the spread of Group II base oils in Africa.

The regions cement business is growing. But a dusty, hot and heavy environment make cement plants punishing arenas in which lubricants have to perform ...

The Lubricant Producers Association of Nigeria has asked the national government to prevent one of its agencies from imposing a new fee on base oil im ...

Automobile factories are sprouting across East Africa - developing a new industry for the region. Lubricant industry insiders expect it to increase lu ...

Africas largest economy and its biggest producer of crude oil could become the continents number-one lubricants market. But Nigeria faces several obst ...