France’s finished lubricant consumption fell 13% to 45,297 metric tons in March, pushing demand for the first quarter to a 5% decline, according to ...

Waste oil collector Slicker Recycling Ltd. acquired competitor Oil Monster for an undisclosed sum in mid-May. The purchase further strengthens Slicker ...

Base oil markets throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa remain subdued, with much less trading than normal for this time of year and an absence ...

Russia’s only polyalphaolefins complex now can also produce polyalkylene glycols and complex esters, after completing an expansion that included a r ...

Base oil markets around Europe, the Middle East and Africa are somewhat lethargic, with many areas affected by holiday celebrations going on now or co ...

A Russian motorist group complained to the central government last week that the country faces a growing shortage of automotive engine oils and qualit ...

Summer mode may be arriving early to base oil markets this year, and this seasonal hiatus will only further dampen the demand picture across all regio ...

United Kingdom-based Verification of Lubricant Specifications announced the resolution of three cases in which it identified gear oils that failed to ...

Motul and Valvoline were the top-rated brands in Poland last year according to a survey conducted throughout the year by an automotive service and new ...

European grease production declined slightly in 2022, dipping less than a third of one percent compared to the prior year, according to the National L ...

As part of an effort to combat illicit trade and tax dodging, Poland’s government plans to begin requiring licenses for both the importing and domes ...

German lubricant demand fell 24% in March, a second consecutive month of declines following two months of healthy gains. Several categories of industr ...

The knock-on effects of inflation and rising interest rates are constraining manufacturing and services industries to the extent of denting demand for ...

Finished lubricant demand in France dropped in April to its lowest point since last August, continuing a 10-month streak of year-on-year decreases bro ...

One United Kingdom-based organization is doing its part to ensure that lubricant standards are met or exceeded.

BASF is gradually adding alkoxylation capacity – in part to produce chemicals with uses in lubricants – at its plants in Belgium and Germany start ...

Parts of the European, Middle Eastern and African region are showing vibrant activity, whilst others for one reason or another are dull and flat. In E ...

Italy recycled 98% of used lubricating oils collected there last year – the sixth consecutive year that it met or topped that level – according to ...

Kazakhstan’s Hill Group expects to break ground in Lithuania soon on an API Group II base oil rerefinery. The project includes a large blending comp ...

The European Union’s ban on imports of Russian petroleum products reduced imports of Russian base oils by 55,000 metric tons during the first half o ...