South Korean lubricant marketer startup Seoul Innovative Technologies Corp. recently began to have lubricants produced in Russia through a toll blendi ...

The European Commission last week released a much-awaited draft of Euro 7, its next automobile emissions standard, focused on cracking down further on ...

BRB International announced last week the opening of a lubricant additives factory in Echt, Netherlands, a facility that will serve as the Petronas su ...

Shell agreed to acquire the environmentally considerate lubricants business of Switzerland-headquartered independent lubricants manufacturer Panolin G ...

Base oil demand-supply balances have diverged significantly between Europe, the Middle East Gulf and Africa. Europe is flush with API Group II oils, b ...

Greece’s lubricant consumption rose 6% to 68,000 tons in 2021, driven by the country’s economic recovery from the early stages of the COVID-19 pan ...

Shell and TotalEnergies have both announced partnerships to develop electric vehicle battery immersion cooling fluids, signaling a continued positioni ...

Independent lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE reported a 13% increase in net profit and higher sales in the third quarter. The company’s sales we ...

Base oil demand is lackluster across most of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, although there has been an uptick in calls from some export markets, ...

Base oil markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa are experiencing pressure from the downturn in economic activity in almost all countries ar ...

The Union of the European Lubricants Industry launched a new online tool to help companies calculate their carbon footprints. Companies along the supp ...

Lubricant consumption in France declined 5% to 36,679 metric tons in August, compared to the same month last year, Paris-based Professional Lubricants ...

A collaborative initiative collected 15% more used marine oils in the first nine months of this year in Italy’s Ostia port area than in the same per ...

Russian independent lube maker Nordoil plans to expand its lubricant production site near Moscow to help fill the supply shortage caused by the exodus ...

Base oil markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are being pulled apart by two opposing dynamics. On one hand, a real lack of interest from the ...

Just when things looked like they were getting back to normal, the conflict in Ukraine prolonged base oil market uncertainty.

The European Union introduced a new set of sanctions against Russia last week that restricts Russian oil and petroleum products – including base oil ...

Kirei Chemical LLC, an Anglo-Russian company headquartered in London, announced it is building a lubricant additive factory in Russia and that it will ...

The breakneck speed at which new regulations are being implemented in Europe may create drastic disruptions that the lubricant additives industry must ...

Russia exported less base oil in June and July, compared to February, as shipments to Europe dwindled under the barrage of sanctions by the United Sta ...