Tanzania waived its 25 percent duty last month on imported Kenyan lubricants. Some players in the Tanzanian and Kenyan lubricant markets said the move ...

When most multinationals began moving out of Kenya, it opened the door to an influx of new lubricant market players, a Kenyan lubricants distributor o ...

Contrary to global trends, African demand for API Group I base oils will continue rising in coming years and the grade remain the dominant choice of t ...

The African lubricant markets lack of an adequate quality control mechanism - particularly for its engine oil segment - has led to ongoing challenges ...

African rerefiners agree that overcoming skeptical public perception of their rerefined base oils is a significant hurdle to growth. However, they deb ...

Not long ago, lubricant blenders in South Africa had begun shifting from API Group I to Group II base stocks. Now a number of them are switching back ...

Some of the regions lubricant markets are beset by unlicensed dealers and fake products. In response, two governments have stepped up enforcement of s ...

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 ...