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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

April 8, 2025

As the world reels from the United States’ April 2 announcement of tariffs against imports from most of the world, an ...

Valvoline Global Opens Third Regional Hub

Valvoline Global Opens Third Regional Hub

April 8, 2025

Valvoline Global Operations, a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, opened a new regional hub in central London.

Fuchs Acquires MWF Maker IRMCO

Fuchs Acquires MWF Maker IRMCO

April 7, 2025

German independent lubricant manufacturer Fuchs bought IRMCO Advanced Metalforming Lubricant Technologies.

EU Gives Thumbs Up to U.S. Purchase of OQ

EU Gives Thumbs Up to U.S. Purchase of OQ

April 2, 2025

Strategic Value Partners' acquisition of OQ Chemical has been approved by the European Commission, the commission announ ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

April 1, 2025

A degree of firmness has crept into base oil markets the past few weeks, apparently due both supply cuts caused by refin ...

U.K. Blender Pushes Anti-dumping Campaign

U.K. Blender Pushes Anti-dumping Campaign

March 28, 2025

Mark Lord of Aztec Oils is on a crusade to stop one company dumping cheap lubricants in the U.K. and damaging business.

Podcast 29: Keeping Europe Competitive

Podcast 29: Keeping Europe Competitive

March 26, 2025

The manufacture of lubricants is one of the first industries in history and is likely to be one of the last. And yet man ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

March 25, 2025

If business, including the lubricant and base oil industries, had hoped for quick resolutions to the wars in Ukraine and ...

Big Ramp Up at Fuchs Spain

Big Ramp Up at Fuchs Spain

March 19, 2025

Fuchs Spain has increased production capacity by 25% at the company's Castellbisbal plant in Catalonia.

Platts: Cheap Diesel Could Boost Base Oils

Platts: Cheap Diesel Could Boost Base Oils

March 19, 2025

Wilting demand for diesel in Europe could persuade refiners to redirect vacuum gas oil to base oil production.

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

March 18, 2025

It may be too early to say what will come of ceasefire talks over the war in Ukraine, but an end to the fighting could h ...

Stronger Economy Pumps Turkish Market

Stronger Economy Pumps Turkish Market

March 12, 2025

Mobil Oil Turk, Exxon’s Turkish unit, has earmarked U.S. $2 million for new production capacity, renewable energy and ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

March 11, 2025

More than usual, energy markets and others are being roiled by a series of geopolitical events that are dominating globa ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

March 4, 2025

The dust-up in Washington between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed how much things can change in a week, and ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

February 25, 2025

On the third anniversary of Russia’s latest invasion of Ukraine, with the United States roiling the Western alliance a ...

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Lube Deliveries Drop Steeply in Germany

February 19, 2025

Domestic deliveries of finished lubricants in Germany plummeted 39% in October, compared to the same month of 2023, an e ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

February 18, 2025

This week saw the start of talks aimed at ending the three-year-old war between Russia and Ukraine – a goal that could ...

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Lubrizol to Axe Staff in France

February 12, 2025

Lubrizol is cutting staff in France and shifting some production overseas, blaming overcapacity in the market, the rise ...