Europe

Germany Demand Declines in October

Germany Demand Declines in October

Lube Report EMEA - January 2, 2024

Germany's finished lubricants demand, including process oils, declined 11% in October, as a year-long trend of falling c ...

VMPAvto Opens Small Blending Plant

VMPAvto Opens Small Blending Plant

Lube Report EMEA - January 2, 2024

Russian lubricant maker VMPAvto, recently opened a small factory in Saint Petersburg’s heavily industrialized Kirovsky ...

Base Oils Said Unaffected by Porvoo Conversion

Base Oils Said Unaffected by Porvoo Conversion

Lube Report EMEA - January 2, 2024

Neste announced it will convert its Porvoo, Finland, crude oil refinery to process renewable feedstocks, but that change ...

Millers Oil Profit Dropped in Fiscal 2022

Millers Oil Profit Dropped in Fiscal 2022

Lube Report EMEA - December 27, 2023

United Kingdom-based Millers Oil Ltd., manufacturer and independent blender of oils and lubricants, reported a 21% decli ...

Looser Euro 7 Headed for Approval

Looser Euro 7 Headed for Approval

Lube Report EMEA - December 19, 2023

The European Council and European Parliament reached a provisional agreement Monday to not make major changes to passeng ...

Lanxess Completes Sulfur Carrier Expansion

Lanxess Completes Sulfur Carrier Expansion

Lube Report EMEA - December 19, 2023

Lanxess completed an expansion at its Mannheim, Germany, factory of production capacity for sustainable light-color sulf ...

Suit Calls Italy’s Conou Anti-competitive

Suit Calls Italy’s Conou Anti-competitive

Lube Report EMEA - December 19, 2023

Two Italian used oil recycling operators filed an antimonopoly petition against Conou, Italy’s National Consortium for ...

Lukoil, Shell, Mobil Top Russian Survey

Lukoil, Shell, Mobil Top Russian Survey

Lube Report EMEA - December 11, 2023

Shell and Mobil remain two of the three most popular motor oil brands in Russia, despite Shell and ExxonMobil exiting th ...

Rising Costs, Potential Regs Loom Over Lithium

Rising Costs, Potential Regs Loom Over Lithium

Lube Report EMEA - December 5, 2023

Lithium greases are under pressure from a run-up in lithium prices and from calls for the European Union to classify the ...

Sintec Expands Grease Plant

Sintec Expands Grease Plant

Lube Report EMEA - December 5, 2023

Russian lubricant producer Sintec Group recently doubled the size of its grease plant, increasing production capacity to ...

Carbon Footprint Methodology Validated

Carbon Footprint Methodology Validated

Lube Report EMEA - December 5, 2023

A Germany-based leading testing service provider validated a methodology co-developed by the Union of the European Lubri ...

Exol Earnings Fell in 2022

Exol Earnings Fell in 2022

Lube Report EMEA - November 28, 2023

United Kingdom-based blender Exol Lubricants Ltd. reported a 12% decline in net profit on a 25% rise in sales for full-y ...

Slow Decline Forecast for European Market

Slow Decline Forecast for European Market

Lube Report EMEA - November 28, 2023

Europe’s finished lubricant demand is expected to stagnate during the next few years, affected by the continent’s co ...

Germany Demand Down Again in September

Germany Demand Down Again in September

Lube Report EMEA - November 28, 2023

Finished lubricants demand in Germany, including process oils, fell 21% in September, continuing a year-long trend of mo ...

Petrol Ofisi Expands Blending Plant

Petrol Ofisi Expands Blending Plant

Lube Report EMEA - November 21, 2023

Energy company Petrol Ofisi announced recently that it is expanding its lubricant blending plant in Kocaeli, Turkey, inc ...

EU Ready to Negotiate Euro 7 with Member States

EU Ready to Negotiate Euro 7 with Member States

Lube Report EMEA - November 21, 2023

The European Union Parliament this month adopted its negotiation position on Euro 7, the revamping of EU rules for type- ...

Russian Base Oil Exports Continue to Fall

Russian Base Oil Exports Continue to Fall

Lube Report EMEA - November 21, 2023

After being hammered by Western sanctions in 2022, Russian base oil exports have continued to fall this year as sanction ...

Russian Lube Imports Forecasted to Fall

Russian Lube Imports Forecasted to Fall

Lube Report EMEA - November 14, 2023

Russian lubricant demand is expected to further stagnate in 2023 at about 1.7 million tons, as automotive lube imports s ...