Russian oil major Lukoil started supplying marine lubricants in bulk quantities to a key Black Sea port in southwest Russia. Lukoil Marine Lubricants ...

LONDON – SK Lubricants, unlike most other industry players, predicts an API Group III base oil deficit by 2017, and will expand Group III+ outpu ...

Russian lube maker Gazprom Neft Lubricants has signed a factory-fill and lubricant supply deal with Rostselmash, a major manufacturer of agricultural ...

Russias automotive gear oil consumption could surge 27 percent to 79,400 metric tons by 2018, largely due to a boost in passenger car sales, a market ...

Russian oil majors Lukoil, Gazprom Neft and Tatneft appealed to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to slash Russias lubricant export tax to 20 percent of ...

In a sometimes intense session at the 19th Colloquium Tribology at the Technische Akademie Esslingen in Germany last week, representatives from Lubriz ...

SKF plans to build new technical centers in Sweden and the Netherlands to perform advanced product development and testing for lubrication systems and ...

Russian oil major Lukoil recently signed lubricants supply contracts with a number of business and government customers in northern Russia, Sweden, Ro ...

The European Commission on Jan. 15 approved Lukoils acquisition of Austrian energy group OMVs non-retail lubricants business, including a 35,000 tons ...

Shell and Hyundai extended their Russian agreement for lubricants supply, training, technical support and marketing events to a five-year period. Unde ...

Russias base oil production is sorely in need of upgrading, but many improvement projects are behind schedule or on hold for lack of funding.

Anuj Kumar forecasts the Western European base oil market.

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Nynas is now operating the base oil plant and associated production units at the former Shell refinery in Harburg, Germany. The takeover of the base o ...

U.S. oil major Chevron opened its first lubricant store last week in Baku, Azerbaijan, and also plans to open a chain of lube express shops there. Bak ...

Azmol, one of the former Soviet Unions largest lubricant makers, went bankrupt under a recent commercial court rule, according to Voice of Ukraine, th ...

Polish lube marketer Orlen Oil started the liquidation process of its Czech product distribution subsidiary, the company told Lube Report on Tuesday. ...

Europe's Waxes: Up to Snuff? Production is sputtering, even as the region's appetite for petroleum waxes grows. Will the next API Group I refinery clo ...

BRUSSELS-The $1 trillion economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China all have different development drivers and potential for growth, but consultancy ...

MOSCOW – The Kremlins hefty spending on Russias defense industry and heavy investments in infrastructural and security projects ahead of the 201 ...