Europe

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 ...

A French Brand Name from a Russian Blend Plant

A French Brand Name from a Russian Blend Plant

Lube Report EMEA - November 7, 2023

Top Lubricants unveiled recently a new Russian brand that sounds very French – Lemarc, which is produced at the former ...

Profits Up for Castrol, Down for Luberef

Profits Up for Castrol, Down for Luberef

Lube Report EMEA - November 7, 2023

BP reported that profit for its Castrol lubricants business rose 23% because of higher margins, and Luberef reported a 2 ...

Fuchs Profit Rises Despite Dip in Sales

Fuchs Profit Rises Despite Dip in Sales

Lube Report EMEA - October 31, 2023

Fuchs SE posted an 11% increase in third quarter profits, compared to the same period of last year, despite a small drop ...

German Lube Consumption Keeps Falling

German Lube Consumption Keeps Falling

Lube Report EMEA - October 31, 2023

Germany’s finished lubricants demand, including process oils, decreased 6% in August, although several categories expe ...

Latvia Tightens Waste Oil Collection Regs

Latvia Tightens Waste Oil Collection Regs

Lube Report EMEA - October 23, 2023

Latvia’s national agency for waste management recently unveiled a campaign to improve handling of waste oil and to str ...

Sigaus Reduces Fee to Members

Sigaus Reduces Fee to Members

Lube Report EMEA - October 23, 2023

Sigaus, a non-profit organization that manages Spain’s recycling of used lubricants, last month decided to reduce the ...

Azmol-BP Shifts to Georgia, Uzbekistan

Azmol-BP Shifts to Georgia, Uzbekistan

Lube Report EMEA - October 17, 2023

Lubricant maker Azmol-British Petrochemicals has transferred its production activities to Georgia and Uzbekistan after l ...

ACEA Official: Engine Oil Specs for Years to Come

ACEA Official: Engine Oil Specs for Years to Come

Lube Report EMEA - October 17, 2023

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association will probably continue developing automotive engine oil specifications ...

Product Carbon Footprint Methodology Published

Product Carbon Footprint Methodology Published

Lube Report EMEA - October 17, 2023

After nine months of development, the Union of the European Lubricants Industry and the Technical Association of the Eur ...

Additive

European Union Sustainability Frameworks

Sustainability InSite - October 12, 2023

Sustainable development is one of the European Union’s fundamental policy objectives. Over the decades, EU lawmakers h ...

Forecast: European Demand Will Slightly Shrink

Forecast: European Demand Will Slightly Shrink

Lube Report EMEA - October 10, 2023

Europe’s finished automotive and lubricant demand is forecast to decrease at a compound annual rate of 0.1% to 2032, h ...

Shell Acquires Transformer Fluid, Coolant Lines

Shell Acquires Transformer Fluid, Coolant Lines

Lube Report EMEA - October 10, 2023

Shell Lubricants acquired two product lines from United Kingdom-based M&I Materials Ltd. – one for synthetic and e ...

Lighter Engine Oils Lose Ground in Russia

Lighter Engine Oils Lose Ground in Russia

Lube Report EMEA - October 10, 2023

Low-viscosity motor oils are losing ground in Russia at a time when many Western motor oil and car brands have exited th ...

Germany Lube Demand Slips Again

Germany Lube Demand Slips Again

Lube Report EMEA - October 3, 2023

Germany’s finished lubricants demand, including process oils, declined 13% in June, continuing a year-long trend of mo ...

Several EU Members Propose Looser Euro 7

Several EU Members Propose Looser Euro 7

Lube Report EMEA - October 3, 2023

European Union member states last week agreed to push the bloc’s executive arm to relax Euro 7 automobile emissions re ...

Lukoil Plans Additives, Lubricants Plants

Lukoil Plans Additives, Lubricants Plants

Lube Report EMEA - October 3, 2023

Lukoil’s lubricant arm intends to build two production facilities at its refining complex in Volgograd, Russia – one ...