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Waste Oil Collection Declines in Turkey
A view of the Tayras API Group II base oil rerefinery in Turkey. Photo courtesy Tayras

Waste Oil Collection Declines in Turkey

Lube Report EMEA - January 31, 2023

Of the waste automotive lubricants generated in Turkey in 2021, just 11% was collected for further use, according to a r ...

Turkish Lube Consumption Up 14% in 2021

Turkish Lube Consumption Up 14% in 2021

Lube Report EMEA - January 24, 2023

Lubricant consumption in Turkey increased 14% in 2021 as the country’s economy rebounded from early impacts of the COV ...

Turkey’s Lube Demand Stalled in 2020

Turkey’s Lube Demand Stalled in 2020

Lube Report EMEA - October 26, 2021

Turkey produced and imported 754,000 metric tons of finished lubricants in 2020, the same level as in 2019 according to ...

Turkey Ramps Up Rerefined Oil Mandates

Turkey Ramps Up Rerefined Oil Mandates

Lube Report EMEA - April 27, 2021

Turkish lubricant marketers are preparing for new government regulations that mandate including rerefined base stocks in ...

Turkey Gains Group II

Turkey Gains Group II

Lubes'n'Greases - February 1, 2021

Picture a refinery and you probably think of the endless industrial landscape of the Texas Gulf Coast, not the rolling h ...

Turkish Lubes Market on the Ropes

Turkish Lubes Market on the Ropes

Lubes'n'Greases - September 2, 2020

Local economic uncertainty and a global pandemic delivered a one-two punch to Turkey’s lubricants industry this year.

Turkish Refinery Set to Reopen

Turkish Refinery Set to Reopen

Lube Report EMEA - June 8, 2020

Turkey’s only base oil plant is likely to resume production once Tupras restarts its Izmir refinery on July 1. Operati ...