Foreign marketers of motor oils lost their competitive edge in Russia to domestic players in 2016, primarily because of the countrys recession and ste ...

MOSCOW – Slavneft has begun making trial batches of base oils for the Group III upgrade at its plant in Yaroslavl, Russia, according to Rosneft, ...

Lukoil reported 5 percent growth in finished lubricant sales for 2016, driven by the companys increased sales of high-margin products and expansion of ...

While most of Russian manufacturer Obninskorgsintezs production consists of antifreeze and car cleaning products, its growing lubricants business is n ...

Russian base oil exports increased 13 percent in 2016 due to favorable market conditions in Europe and a ramp-up of API Group II and Group III base oi ...

Gazpromneft Lubricants finished product sales in Central Asia rose by 35 percent in 2016, driven by increased tie-ups within the regions industries, t ...

Russian lubricants supplier Obninskorgsintez is set to expand its business in India this year, the company told Lube Report Asia last week.

Russian passenger cars and light commercial vehicles consumed 280 million liters of motor oils in 2016, up 4.3 percent from 2015, and the growth of it ...

Russian oil major Slavneft, a 50-50 joint venture of Rosneft and Gazprom Neft, is set to stream its first batches of Group III base oil at its Yarosla ...

After picking up at the start of this decade, the penetration of synthetic lubricants in Russia suffered a setback in 2014. Since then the popularity ...

Gazpromneft-Lubricants sold 353,000 metric tons of finished lubricants in 2016, barely more than its sales of 351,000 tons in 2015. The company, the l ...

Russian base oil exports plunged more than 20 percent to around 700,000 metric tons in the first nine months of 2016, hampered by a supply glut in Eur ...

MOSCOW – Ukraine consumed 136 million liters and Kazakhstan consumed 42 million liters of engine oils for on-road vehicles in 2015, according to ...

Russian oil major Rosneft produced 779,000 metric tons of base oils, finished lubricants and additives combined in 2015, 6 percent more than the year ...

MOSCOW – Russian base oil producers are aiming to add around 1 million metric tons per year of API Group II and III capacity by 2020, according ...

Russian oil major Gazprom Neft said Monday it will set up new lubricants production in Western or Central Europe to reduce the growing volumes being s ...

MOSCOW – Russias passenger car and light commercial vehicle parc could increase from 45 million units in 2015 to around 50 million in 2020, ridi ...

A fire devastated a motor oil warehouse in Bishkek, the capital city of Kyrgyzstan, the countrys emergency situation ministry reported. The warehouse ...

French oil major Total broke ground Monday on its first lubricants blending plant in Russia, a project that could dovetail with the countrys emphasis ...

The Russian government last week approved oil giant Rosnefts bid to buy a majority stake in Bashneft, a regional player in the oil and lubes sector. T ...