When lubrication is concerned, standards need to evolve to match advances in technology. In Russia, some grease manufacturers are still making lubrica ...

Eighty-four percent of motorists in Russia are men, while just 16 percent are women, and men usually handle engine oil changes, whether by doing it th ...

Russian base oil export volumes are off an estimated 1 percent this year after a sharp 12 percent decline in 2018, an industry insider estimates. An o ...

The European Commission last week adopted a quota for API Group II base oil imports, determining that volumes above 400,000 metric tons per year will ...

API Group I rationalization continues to occur in Europe, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States - with more expected in the Middle East - ...

Imports are on the rise in Russias grease market, but domestic lubricant makers are trying to displace them by offering products of similarly high qua ...

Russian motorists who purchase motor oil most often consider factors such as original equipment manufacturers recommendations, the oils viscosity and ...

Russias motor oil consumption is expected to rise by a compound annual rate of 1.4 percent through 2024 as the countrys active vehicle parc increases, ...

Greif, an American manufacturer of industrial packaging, expanded its operations in Russia with a second intermediate bulk container production plant ...

Energy demand will decrease 11 percent in Europe and 5 percent in Russia and the Caspian region between 2017 and 2040, according to a new forecast by ...

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 ...