VOLGOGRAD, Russia – Russian grease maker Intesmo pledged to reduce Russias reliance on imported grease and to also export its grease products du ...

Russian state-owned oil giant Rosneft signed a partnership with the countrys largest auto maker, Avtovaz, which includes factory fill, industrial lube ...

Lukoil said it will halt construction of its blending plant in Kazakhstan due to the countrys restrictions on base oil imports and lubricant exports.

Russias Gazprom Neft Lubricants and Rostselmash, a major manufacturer of agricultural machinery, introduced a line of new lube products. Branded as Ro ...

Industrial Finance Finland STR Ltd. purchased the Hamina, Finland, rerefinery formerly owned by bankrupt Finnish rerefiner L&T Recoil Oy, and pla ...

Russian grease maker Intesmo, a joint venture between Lukoil and Russian Railways, is ready to launch its new grease plant early next month to supply ...

Total and Kia signed a long-term lubricants supply deal for the Korean automakers car dealer network in Russia. Under the five-year agreement, Total V ...

Lukoils production of base oils and lubricants combined fell 8 percent last year compared to 2012, but it still captured 48 percent of the combined ma ...

Economic and political turmoil in Ukraine, Turkey and Romania could force the regions small to mid-size blenders to look elsewhere for new opportuniti ...

Hydrodec signed engineering, licensing and technology collaboration agreements with Chemical Engineering Partners for a planned U.K. rerefinery capabl ...

Lukoil sold its Ukranian retail fuels business to Austrian company AMIC Energy Management GmbH, but said its lube distribution in the country will rem ...

Russia's base oil exports to Europe have gradually declined over the last couple of years because of new competition for the market, new capacities ei ...

Boris Kamchev reviews the state of Russias finished lubricants market.

Puralube is considering upgrading its rerefinery operations in Germany to produce rerefined API Group III base oil, and it named a former Safety-Kleen ...

Russias Gazprom Neft Lubricants is developing an international network of service stations for maintenance and regular oil changes. Titled as G-Energy ...

ExxonMobil opened its first lubricants products technology center in Europe, where it will collaborate with original equipment manufacturers and other ...

Russian lube maker LLK International signed a lubricant supply deal with Mosenergo, Russias largest utility company, and introduced a key product for ...

Q8Oils spent 80,000 (U.S. $136,000) to convert its Leeds, United Kingdom, location from lubricants blending to filling and storage. The Antwerp, Belgi ...

Russian lubricants production stagnated in 2013 because of the economic slowdown caused by slow industrial output and a weak ruble, and is forecasted ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE acquired the lubricants business of Batoyle Freedom Group in the United Kingdom on June 20 and will integrate it into its subsidiary ...