Plummeting automotive sales in the Middle East are stoking fears of a knock-on effect on the regional lubricants market.

Iranian companies are shipping API Group I base oils direct to customers, sidestepping ports in the United Arab Emirates as the United States tightens ...

South Korea's Daelim Industrial will build an 80,000 tons per year polyisobutene plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, that is expected to come on stream in ...

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. signed agreements Sunday selling a combined 35 percent stake in itself to Eni and OMV for a total of $5.8 billion. The comp ...

The Islamic Republic is a key supplier to its regions Group I and crude markets. Will fresh sanctions undermine that position?

Iran's place in global API Group I base oil markets is proving surprisingly resilient despite last month's snap-back of United States sanctions target ...

Unearthing data on oil markets is challenging, and gathering facts and figures about the Middle Easts shift to higher-grade auto oils is no exception.

The Middle East has become a prominent producer and net exporter of API Group II and Group III base oil, using its glut of over 2 million tons of mate ...

A recent analysis of the Middle East base stocks scene found the region increasingly mirrors trends in developed economies, though its evolution is of ...

Emirates National Oil Co. announced the conversion of its blending plant in the United Arab Emirates to operate solely on solar energy, making it the ...

As the Middle East is slowly shifting toward higher quality lubricants, the region could still be a holdout for good old API Group I base oil.

When the United States reinstates sanctions on Irans oil industry in November, close to U.S. $47 billion of exports are likely to be hit hard. Gauging ...

Phony lubricant products and performance claims are reportedly widespread in some developing markets. Oil companies must work hard to eradicate this h ...

Despite being the source of much of the worlds crude, the Middle East is a minor lubricants market - one characterized by heavy-duty monogrades and hi ...

Worries about the Middle East finished lubricants market have dominated recent news headlines, but according to one industry veteran, the outlook for ...

Irans API Group I base oil exports face renewed pressure as the United States lobbies key allies to cease all imports of Iranian oil ahead of a Nov. 4 ...

As the Middle Easts largest lubricants market, Iran is a major buyer and supplier of oil products. But what effects will the U.S. exit of the nuclear ...

Ray Masson walks us through a new blending plant business model in the Middle East.

Mark Townsend sounds a warning for the future of Irans base oil trade.

Shipments of API Group I base oils from Iran face disruption following United States President Donald Trumps decision to pull out of the 2015 agreemen ...