Like others around the world, Russias lubricant market is shifting toward API Group II and Group III base oils, and a consultant predicts that this wi ...

Lukoil sold 875,000 metric tons of finished lubricants in 2018, up from 863,000 tons in 2017, according to the Russian companys latest performance rep ...

Inflation and declining consumer incomes would typically encourage online purchases of lubricants, where prices are normally cheaper. But a recent stu ...

Russian lubricant producers supplied 65 percent of heavy-duty engine oils used in the country in 2018, while foreign marketers and original equipment ...

Russian grease marketer Intesmo increased its output by 25 percent in 2018, according to Lukoil, a partner in the joint venture with state-owned rail ...

Rosneft sold 84,000 metric tons of what it calls premium lubricants, up 21 percent from the year before, driven by an effort to displace imported and ...

Russian lubes and greases marketer Obninskorgsintez is ramping up its grease production through robust marketing and expansion of its customer base, a ...

Russian finished lubricants demand was sluggish over the past few years because of an economic recession in the country, and consumption has not retur ...

The Russian government last month banned exports of petrochemical products, including lubricants and slack waxes, to Ukraine. Some industry insiders c ...

Taif Group and a sister company of SK Lubricants met in Nizhnekamsk, Russia, last week to discuss the possibility of cooperating to have SKs Zic-brand ...

Tatneft plans to open a 200,000 tons per year lubricants blending plant at its Taneco refinery site in Nizhnekamsk, Russia, according to the companys ...

Finnish rerefiner STR Tecoil Oy plans to start collecting and processing waste lubricants to produce base oils in Russia, the company confirmed to Lub ...

Russian refining joint venture Slavneft reported that the API Group III portion of its Yaroslavl base oil plant ramped up to full production of 100,00 ...

Gazpromneft-Lubricants reported that its combined production of base oils and finished lubricants increased 21 percent in 2018 to 703,000 metric tons ...

Russian chemical producer Orgkhim expanded its process oil production in Uren, Nizhny Novgorod, from 110,000 tons per year to 130,000 t/y by adding a ...

Russia's base oil production increased 3 percent in the first half of 2018, compared to 2017's first half, and the trend was forecasted to continue fo ...

Russia's lubricant market had a healthy year in 2018 thanks to growth of the overall economy, including several segments that are big consumers of lub ...

In English, square is slang for old-fashioned and out of touch, but in Russia Gazpromneft-Lubricants says that square tanks are an innovative way to i ...

Although internal combustion engines are expected to remain dominant in Russia - where a preference for larger cars and lack of government subsidies h ...

Russian aftermarket motor oil consumption - the volume of engine oils used in passenger vehicles post-sale - amounted to 161 million liters during the ...