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Haydale, a graphene and nanomaterial producer based in the United Kingdom, entered an agreement to develop graphene-based lubricants for CERN, the Eur ...

BP reported today that profits for its Castrol lubricants business fell 32% in 2022 and dropped 67% in the fourth quarter – due, the company said, t ...

BP earlier this month announced plans to invest up to £50 million to build an electric vehicle battery testing center and analytical laboratory in th ...

BP’s Castrol segment reported a decrease in underlying replacement cost before interest and taxes for the second quarter ending June 30, yet remaine ...

Nuspec Oil, a United Kingdom-based company developing biobased base oils and advancing commercialization of novel rapeseed oils, was among five startu ...

Two years after the completion of Brexit, how are lubricant industry players in the United Kingdom faring?

BP reported that the underlying replacement cost profit before interest and tax for its Castrol lubricants business climbed 27% in 2021, driven by gro ...

Infineum announced last week that it is restructuring its executive committee by adding new directors in charge of sustainability, business growth and ...

Surging electric vehicle sales in the United Kingdom in 2021 has made future demand for automotive lubricant uncertain, says the country’s lubricant ...

Ongoing innovation helps ensure the lubricants industry will continue to play a role as the world transitions to a more sustainable future and continu ...

More than half of United Kingdom drivers responding to a recent survey said they have delayed vehicle maintenance such as engine oil changes during th ...

Vitol Announces Buyout of Vivo

November 30, 2021

Africa fuels and lubricants supplier Vivo Energy agreed last week to a $2.3 billion buyout by Netherlands-based energy trader and marketer Vitol Group ...

London-based BP reported an underlying replacement cost profit of $231 million for its Castrol lubricants business before interest and taxes for the t ...

Infineum has signed a contract to acquire ISCA UK’s emulsifiers business unit in a deal securing the Iscamul emulsifier brand and formulation expert ...

United Kingdom-based Verification of Lubricant Specifications said it has resolved a complaint against German automotive parts supplier SCT-Vertriebs ...

United Kingdom-based Exol Lubricants announced it has begun redevelopment of its Rotherham site to increase lubricant blending capabilities, with comp ...

Castrol recently announced a partnership with packaging technology company Pulpex – which has developed a technology that forms bottles from wood pu ...

The first quarter of 2021 was bullish for two of the world’s largest lubricant suppliers, BP’s Castrol unit and Fuchs Petrolub SE. Castrol doubled ...

AIM, the London Stock Exchange’s market for small and medium growth companies, today issued a notice cancelling trading of United Kingdom-based tran ...

Base Oil Report: Trends

April 1, 2021

Brexit Outcomes The U.K decreed that it would finally leave the EU on Jan. 31, 2020. This date would allow for a transition period of eleven months ...