MADRID – Despite its recovering economy, Spains robust capacity for producing base oils and finished lubes far exceeds the countrys demand. With ...

FAJARDO, Puerto Rico-With feedstock costs rising and demand for used oil-derived products sinking, the used oil market is upside down, said recycling ...

Gazprom Neft Lubricants launched an automated factory fill facility at a Mercedes-Benz heavy duty vehicle assembling plant in Tatarstan, Russia. The f ...

Rosneft and heavyweights from several Russian industries have entered lubricant and oil product supply agreements in reaction to the countrys economic ...

Transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec said it plans to appoint a contractor early in 2015 to develop the front-end engineering design of its planned rere ...

Boris Kamchev reviews the outlook for Russias lubricants market.

Driven by the growing need for environmentally friendly tires and other rubber products, Russian process oils manufacturer Orgkhim plans to expand its ...

Tatneft started commercial production of API Group II and III base oils at its refinery in Nizhnekamsk, Russia, the company told Lube Report last week ...

Union workers began a 72-hour strike Monday at Totals refinery in Gonfreville, France, over the companys plans to modernize its specialties offerings ...

Total plans to shut down API Group I production at its base oil plant in Gonfreville, France, to focus on production of higher quality base oils for u ...

Gazprom Neft Lubricants signed a marine oil supply deal and has started to offer marine lubes in bulk quantities at a key Baltic Sea passenger port in ...

MOSCOW – Russias lubricant demand will stagnate through 2020, due to the countrys economy contraction triggered by international sanctions, decl ...

Russian grease maker Intesmo has pledged to reduce the countrys reliance on imported greases and to step up aggressively in regional and European mark ...

Belarus slashed export taxes by 8 percent for some petrochemical products – including base oils and lubricants – sold outside of the custo ...

Lubes'n'Greases visits the new API Group II/III base oil plant built by Spain's Repsol and South Korea's SK, just as its first shipments are poised to ...

Russian lubricant marketer Lukoil expanded its lube sales in the South Caucasus and is confident it can expand production and establish more distribut ...

Russias Gazprom Neft Lubricants started to ship lubricants to Moldova, a poor, underdeveloped country in Eastern Europe, the company said last week. G ...

Lubrizol invested $20 million in its additive blending operations in Le Havre, France, saying it will help the company cope with increased complexity ...

The customs agency for Russias Far East has in recent months intercepted substantial volumes of counterfeit motor oils imported from South Korea.

The Russian additives market amounted to around 56,000 tons in 2013 and was ruled by imported products. The countrys lubricant suppliers use these pro ...