Russia

Shell broke ground last week on the new building and storage facility that will house the capacity expansion of its 180,000-tons-per-year blending pla ...

Russia’s electric vehicle market could double by year end. Sales were driven by tax relief and could accelerate more with new incentives.

Russian base oil export loadings by rail and river dropped 12% in July, compared to June, caused by falling demand in export destinations and higher p ...

Gazpromneft-Lubricants reported larger automotive and industrial lubricant sales volumes for the first half of this year, driven by the positive marke ...

Royal Dutch Shell’s subsidiary in Russia sold 6% less lubricants in the country in 2020 due to the negative effects of the pandemic and extended per ...

Russian oil major Bashneft increased its bright stock sales by 16% last year by streamlining its production process, the company said in a recent news ...

Russian oil major Rosneft sold 1.05 million tons of base oils and lubricants in 2020, 4.5% less than the year before, according to the company’s a ...

Gazprom Neft’s lubricant sales stood flat last year because of Russia’s stagnated industrial output and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on both d ...

Russian oil major Lukoil increased production at its standalone lubricant blending plants by 17% to 161,000 metric tons in 2020, Lukoil said in its an ...

The vast majority of Russian-made heavy machinery, smelters in steel and cast-iron complexes, machines in power plants, bearings installed in producti ...

Russia exported about 1 million metric tons of base oils in 2020, a 9% decrease compared to the year before, while imports increased by 15% on a wave ...

Total has decided to expand its three-year-old lubricant blending plant in Russia, stating that it is taking the action after a steady ramp-up in prod ...

Russia’s base oil exports by rail increased 15% in March compared to February, primarily driven by the tight base oil market in Europe for multiple ...

A new automaker organization is proposing a global framework for industry performance specifications for lubricants and other fluids, stating a desire ...

The outlook of lubricant marketers and distributors in Russia improved significantly from December to March, according to the latest survey conducted ...

Two units that are key to an upgrade project reach Gazprom Neft’s base oil plant in Omsk, Russia, last week culminating a complex and multi-phase jo ...

A finished lubricant blending facility was installed late last year at the site of Russia’s only polyalphaolefin plant and promptly leased to Taif L ...

Ukraine Railways is facing difficulties obtaining finished lubricants after some marketers failed to fulfill call-off contracts and other pre-qualifie ...

Rosneft increased its sales of packaged lubricants sales by 13% in 2020 and expanded distribution in Russia and abroad, the company announced last wee ...

Gazpromneft-Lubricants boosted the production capacity of its Moscow lubricants blending plant by 50% and introduced a significant level of automation ...