Europe

Liqui Moly Invests 20 Million

December 25, 2013

German motor oil and aftermarket additive manufacturer Liqui Moly will invest nearly 20 million (U.S. $27.4 million) in development and production by ...

Russian lube marketer Gazpromneft Lubricants signed a strategic partnership deal with the Russian Association of Auto Dealers.The agreement announced ...

Marketing Matters

December 20, 2013

Ray Masson forecasts the prospects for surviving Group I suppliers.

Russian authorities went ahead with plans to move a Moscow-based specialty lubricants plant, despite protests by industry sources and marketers that i ...

Shell Wins Claim in Russia

December 11, 2013

The Moscow Arbitration Court for commercial disputes agreed that Vostok-Logistik imported Shell lubricants without authorization into Russia, a Shell ...

Gazprom, Derways Expand Deal

December 11, 2013

Gazprom Neft Lubricants and Russian car maker Derways sealed a five-year partnership agreement for supply, development and marketing of new lubricant ...

BRUSSELS – REACH is accomplishing most of its objectives thus far, according to the European Commission, but changes must be made to reduce the ...

Shell to Boost Lubes in Russia

November 27, 2013

Shell expects to double its lubricants production in Russia in 2014 and to start exporting to Belarus, Ukraine and other neighboring countries, the co ...

MOSCOW – Russias sluggish economic growth, projected at just 1.3 percent for 2013, is delaying the countrys base oil modernization projects, an ...

Hydrodec Group will collaborate with Essar Oil UK on a joint venture oil rerefining center at Stanlow, U.K., including a rerefinery with API Group II+ ...

U.K. Gets Lube Watchdog

November 13, 2013

BRUSSELS – The United Kingdom Lubricants Association recently launched Verification of Lubricant Specifications, a new membership organization d ...

Oronite Expands

October 30, 2013

Chevron Oronite will soon be making more dispersants and detergents at its manufacturing plant in Gonfreville, France. A project to increase dispersa ...

Sister Ships, One Captain

October 30, 2013

Gulf Oil International appointed Paul DeVivo, CEO of wholly owned but independently operated subsidiary Houghton International, as its new CEO and hea ...

Prista Recycling of Bulgaria recently broke ground on its first base oil rerefinery in Ukraine, a $60 million investment, claiming it is the first suc ...

Gazprom Bunkers in Primorsk

October 16, 2013

Gazpromneft Lubricants is offering marine oil bunkering services at a key Russian port to enhance its maritime product competitiveness and sales, the ...

Fuchs Petrolub recently opened a new lubricants plant in Russia to offer more products on local and regional markets. The 15 million (U.S. $20.4 mill ...

Europe Lube Demand Sluggish

October 2, 2013

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Europe will consume 7 million tons of lubricants annually through 2021, but the continued economic crises may stunt markets, ...

Swiss lubricant company Strub opened a subsidiary in Russia to expand its operation in the region, the company said last week. The company’s of ...

Gazprom Eyes Baltic Market

September 18, 2013

Gazprom Neft and Chevron recently signed an agreement to widen the sales network of Texaco branded marine oils in the Baltic region. Produced by Gazp ...

ATIEL Updates Code of Practice

September 18, 2013

ATIEL, the European lubricants industrys technical association, released a new version of its Code of Practice, which provides guidance for developers ...