Russia

Drones Attack Taneco Refinery
A view of Tatneft’s Taneco refinery in Russia. Photo courtesy of Tatneft

Drones Attack Taneco Refinery

Lube Report EMEA - April 9, 2024

A Ukrainian drone last week struck the Taneco refinery in Nizhnekamsk, which has an API Group II and Group III base oil ...

Lukoil Builds Grease and Additives Plant

Lukoil Builds Grease and Additives Plant

Lube Report EMEA - April 9, 2024

Lukoil broke ground recently on a grease, metalworking fluids and lubricant additives production facility in Volgograd.

Japan Bans Motor Oil Exports to Russia

Japan Bans Motor Oil Exports to Russia

Lube Report Asia - April 5, 2024

Japan’s Cabinet today expanded a ban on exports to Russia, adding 164 items to the list of prohibited items, including ...

Drone Attacks Target Rosneft Refinery

Drone Attacks Target Rosneft Refinery

Lube Report EMEA - March 26, 2024

Rosneft’s refinery in Novokuybyshevsk, Russia, was targeted by Ukrainian drone strikes twice last week, the latest in ...

Russian Base Oil Exports Keep Falling

Russian Base Oil Exports Keep Falling

Lube Report EMEA - March 19, 2024

Russian base oil exports by sea dropped by 10% in 2023 to 260,000 metric tons, as the European Union imposed an embargo ...

Russian Blender Makes Metal Containers

Russian Blender Makes Metal Containers

Lube Report EMEA - March 12, 2024

Russian lubricant blender United Petrochemicals opened a line that produces metal motor oil containers designed to comba ...

U.S. Sanctions Russian Lube Companies

U.S. Sanctions Russian Lube Companies

Lube Report EMEA - February 27, 2024

The United States last week announced a sweeping new round of sanctions against Russia, covering a large number of compa ...

Lukoil Refinery Struck in Drone Attack

Lukoil Refinery Struck in Drone Attack

Lube Report EMEA - February 6, 2024

Lukoil’s refinery in Volgograd, Russia, site of a major lubricant manufacturing complex, was struck last weekend by a ...

Russia Sanctions Ramp-up Includes Turbine Oils

Russia Sanctions Ramp-up Includes Turbine Oils

Lube Report EMEA - January 23, 2024

The United States last month gave regulators new authority to target domestic and international institutions involved in ...

Sales of Chinese Cars Surge in Russia

Sales of Chinese Cars Surge in Russia

Lube Report EMEA - January 16, 2024

Sales of new passenger cars in Russia rebounded by 69% in 2023 to 1.1 million units, boosted by a hefty uptake of Chines ...

Russia Consumes Range of Engine Oil Vis Grades

Russia Consumes Range of Engine Oil Vis Grades

Lube Report EMEA - January 9, 2024

Russia – the largest country in the world, spanning two continents and 11 time zones – consumes a range of motor oil ...

VMPAvto Opens Small Blending Plant

VMPAvto Opens Small Blending Plant

Lube Report EMEA - January 2, 2024

Russian lubricant maker VMPAvto, recently opened a small factory in Saint Petersburg’s heavily industrialized Kirovsky ...

Lukoil, Shell, Mobil Top Russian Survey

Lukoil, Shell, Mobil Top Russian Survey

Lube Report EMEA - December 11, 2023

Shell and Mobil remain two of the three most popular motor oil brands in Russia, despite Shell and ExxonMobil exiting th ...

Sintec Expands Grease Plant

Sintec Expands Grease Plant

Lube Report EMEA - December 5, 2023

Russian lubricant producer Sintec Group recently doubled the size of its grease plant, increasing production capacity to ...

Russian Base Oil Exports Continue to Fall

Russian Base Oil Exports Continue to Fall

Lube Report EMEA - November 21, 2023

After being hammered by Western sanctions in 2022, Russian base oil exports have continued to fall this year as sanction ...

Russian Lube Imports Forecasted to Fall

Russian Lube Imports Forecasted to Fall

Lube Report EMEA - November 14, 2023

Russian lubricant demand is expected to further stagnate in 2023 at about 1.7 million tons, as automotive lube imports s ...

A French Brand Name from a Russian Blend Plant

A French Brand Name from a Russian Blend Plant

Lube Report EMEA - November 7, 2023

Top Lubricants unveiled recently a new Russian brand that sounds very French – Lemarc, which is produced at the former ...