Russia

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Russias Motor Oil Demand Inching Up

October 22, 2019

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

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Greif Opens IBC Plant in Russia

October 8, 2019

Greif, an American manufacturer of industrial packaging, expanded its operations in Russia with a second intermediate bu ...

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Energy Demand Forecast to Fall in Europe

September 24, 2019

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

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Russia Veers to Group II and III

August 6, 2019

Like others around the world, Russias lubricant market is shifting toward API Group II and Group III base oils, and a co ...

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Lukoil Lube Sales Rose in 2018

July 30, 2019

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

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Online Oil Sales Lack Traction in Russia

July 23, 2019

Inflation and declining consumer incomes would typically encourage online purchases of lubricants, where prices are norm ...

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Domestics Rule Russian Heavy-duty Market

July 16, 2019

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

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Intesmo Increased Grease Output

July 16, 2019

Russian grease marketer Intesmo increased its output by 25 percent in 2018, according to Lukoil, a partner in the joint ...

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Rosneft Lubes Sales Rose in 2018

July 9, 2019

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

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Russian Toll Blender Ramps Up Grease Output

June 25, 2019

Russian lubes and greases marketer Obninskorgsintez is ramping up its grease production through robust marketing and exp ...

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Russian Lube Demand on Downward Path

May 28, 2019

Russian finished lubricants demand was sluggish over the past few years because of an economic recession in the country, ...

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Is Russia Banning Lube Exports to Ukraine?

May 21, 2019

The Russian government last month banned exports of petrochemical products, including lubricants and slack waxes, to Ukr ...

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SK, Taif Said to Talk Cooperation

May 14, 2019

Taif Group and a sister company of SK Lubricants met in Nizhnekamsk, Russia, last week to discuss the possibility of coo ...

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Tatneft to Open New Lube Blending Plant

April 16, 2019

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

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STR Tecoil Oy Enters Russian Used Oil Market

March 26, 2019

Finnish rerefiner STR Tecoil Oy plans to start collecting and processing waste lubricants to produce base oils in Russia ...

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Slavneft Ramped Up Group III Output in 2018

March 19, 2019

Russian refining joint venture Slavneft reported that the API Group III portion of its Yaroslavl base oil plant ramped u ...

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Gazpromneft-Lubricants Sales Grew in 2018

February 26, 2019

Gazpromneft-Lubricants reported that its combined production of base oils and finished lubricants increased 21 percent i ...

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Orgkhim Expands Process Oil Output

January 29, 2019

Russian chemical producer Orgkhim expanded its process oil production in Uren, Nizhny Novgorod, from 110,000 tons per ye ...