Lukoil produced 973,000 metric tons of base oils last year, down about 7 percent from 1.05 million tons in 2013, while its finished lubricant producti ...

Prista Oil, the largest independent lubricant manufacturer in Eastern Europe, has created Verila Lubricants AD to produce greases for a broad clientel ...

MOSCOW – Russias automotive lubricant market is expected to grow around 12 percent by 2020, driven by increased passenger car sales that should ...

Gulf Oil International Ltd. said it is tying up with Q8Oils to supply finished lubricants in Europe. The companies did not disclose the exact nature o ...

MOSCOW – Russian production of base oils and lubricants is poised to stagnate to around 2.1 million tons in the next few years as the economies ...

A Belarus-Cyprus entity will open a base oil rerefinery in Belarus, a $20 million investment. The plants opening ceremony today will be attended by re ...

Russian oil major Gazpromneft-Lubricants increased its national sales of motor oils by 24 percent in the first quarter, compared to the year-earlier p ...

Russian motorists are generally aware of what engine oil goes into their vehicles and they follow drain interval recommendations, according to results ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE announced Monday that it has acquired Deutsche Pentosin-Werke GmbH, a privately owned blender with extensive ties to the auto indust ...

Analysts have predicted the imminent demise of the European API Group I base oils industry for at least a decade. But while some refinery closures rem ...

Ukraines lubricant consumption nose-dived up to 30 percent since the armed conflict in the eastern part of the country began earlier last year, source ...

Russias largest lube producers increasingly are trumpeting the new government policy of import substitution, urging users to switch to locally made pr ...

Klines Kunal Mahajan examines the rubber process oils market.

Russian lubricant demand fell more than 10 percent to 1.5 million metric tons in 2014 due to sluggish industrial output and lower new car sales, a Mos ...

The Kremlin-backed state oil company -- Russia's second-largest lubricants marketer -- opens up about its goals at home and abroad.

Lukoil plans to permanently shut down its API Group I base oil plant in Nizhny Novgorod early next month, a source close to Lukoil activities told Lub ...

Russian lube maker LLK International landed a supply deal in the countrys Far East region, while Gazpromneft-Lubricants opened its first fast lube cha ...

Russias base oil producers envision modernizing their plants to add 1.6 million metric tons per year of API Group II and III capacity by the early 202 ...

Just shy of its two-year anniversary, the United Kingdom Lubricants Associations subsidiary, Verification of Lubricants Standards, had garnered 19 mem ...

Boris Kamchev reviews growth projections for Russian automotive lubes.