In April, the United Kingdom Lubricants Association Metalworking Fluid Product Stewardship Group and the countrys Health and Safety Executive will lau ...

Russian Gazpromneft-Lubricants last year increased sales of its flagship G-Energy branded motor oil products by 12 percent to 46,000 tons. It also boo ...

Tim Sullivan and Simon Johns report on Adnocs new Group III distribution deal with Chemlube.

Lukoil says a blending plant that it is building in Kazakhstan will still open on time early next year, despite a legal dispute between the oil compan ...

Belarus oil major Naftan expanded its base oil product portfolio and slightly increased its total base oil production to over 110,000 metric tons in 2 ...

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. signed an exclusive agreement last week for Chemlube S.A. to distribute its API Group III base oils in Europe.

A plant in Nizhnekamsk restarted its polyalphaolefin production after an eight-year hiatus that was due to lack of feedstock supply and sanctions impo ...

The global lubricant industrys consumption of esters is faster than the overall industry. One market that can slake this almost unquenchable thirst is ...

Despite slumping car sales over the past two years, demand for vehicle motor oil in Russia is projected to slowly recover. Modest growth is down to in ...

Sasol completed an expansion of its Fischer-Tropsch wax plant in Sasolburg, South Africa, the company announced early last week. It was the second pha ...

Shell, the worlds leading lubricant marketer, has seen its business in Russia grow slower than intended, but it still considers the country a strategi ...

European Union demand for vehicles grew 3.4 percent in 2017, marking the fourth consecutive year of growth, the European Automotive Manufactures Assoc ...

The deadline for registering chemicals under the EUs landmark REACH regulation is fast approaching. This cut-off is especially pertinent to the grease ...

The economies of countries in Central and Eastern Europe have been relatively buoyant in recent years, making their small and fragmented lube markets ...

Russias Gazpromneft-Lubricants signed a lubricant toll blending agreement with Kuwait Petroleum Internationals Q8 Oil to increase its production volum ...

Fuchs Petrolub Group recently acquired Romanian lubricant distributor Lub Asyst. In 2016, Lub Asyst generated some 4 million (U.S. $4.7 million) in sa ...

Green Oil and Lubes obtained a $38.7 million loan to support completion of its API Group II base oil rerefinery in Romania. The $56 million project in ...

Europe has a dizzying array of automaker-recommended engine oil specifications, thanks largely to some of the worlds most stringent emissions regulati ...

When comparing metalworking fluid trends in developed markets, the forces and constraints that shape them can be diverse, and this is clear when looki ...

MOSCOW – Russias motor oil consumption is poised to increase around 8 percent by 2022, as the countrys economy enters a period of slow growth af ...