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Special Report: Base Stocks

Special Report: Base Stocks

Lube Report EMEA - February 13, 2024

Discover how extended producer responsibility in India might affect rerefining in the country, how the automotive indust ...

Castrol Profits Surged in 4th Quarter

Castrol Profits Surged in 4th Quarter

Lube Report EMEA - February 13, 2024

BP reported a triple-digit increase in fourth-quarter profitability for its Castrol lubricants business and a slight imp ...

Lack of Upkeep Hampers Turkmenbashi

Lack of Upkeep Hampers Turkmenbashi

Lube Report EMEA - February 13, 2024

Turkmenistan’s only base oil plant has been running at less than half of its 150,000 metric tons per year capacity due ...

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SKF Builds Equipment Factories in China

Lube Report Asia - February 9, 2024

SKF opened a research and development and manufacturing site for lubrication management equipment in Taicang, China, las ...

Profits Down at SK, S-Oil

Profits Down at SK, S-Oil

Lube Report Asia - February 9, 2024

Operating income was down for the fourth quarter and full year for both SK Enmove’s and S-Oil’s base oil and lubrica ...

Southeast Asia Auto Sales Dipped in 2023

Southeast Asia Auto Sales Dipped in 2023

Lube Report Asia - February 9, 2024

Sales of four-wheel automobiles in Southeast Asia decreased 2% in 2023, while sales of motorcycles and scooters rose 4%, ...

November Bump for U.S. Base Oil Exports

November Bump for U.S. Base Oil Exports

Lube Report Americas - February 7, 2024

The United States exported 74% more in November than the same month last year and also imported 36% more base oil, accor ...

Brazil Base Oil Imports Jump in December

Brazil Base Oil Imports Jump in December

Lube Report Americas - February 7, 2024

Brazil’s base oil imports volume surged 48% in December, compared to the same month last year, while the full-year 202 ...

Afton Profit Down for Quarter, Up for 2023

Afton Profit Down for Quarter, Up for 2023

Lube Report Americas - February 7, 2024

Afton Chemical suffered drops in sales and operating profit for the fourth quarter plus a dip in sales for the full year ...

Aminol Production Dipped in 2023

Aminol Production Dipped in 2023

Lube Report EMEA - February 6, 2024

Aminol, one of the largest lubricant marketers in Azerbaijan, produced 46,000 metric tons of finished products in 2023, ...

Lukoil Refinery Struck in Drone Attack

Lukoil Refinery Struck in Drone Attack

Lube Report EMEA - February 6, 2024

Lukoil’s refinery in Volgograd, Russia, site of a major lubricant manufacturing complex, was struck last weekend by a ...

Vickers Opening Food-grade Lube Plant

Vickers Opening Food-grade Lube Plant

Lube Report EMEA - February 6, 2024

Vickers Oils announced it has built a lubricant blending plant in the Leeds, United Kingdom, area dedicated to productio ...

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SK, Hyundai Partner on Refrigerants for EVs

Lube Report Asia - February 2, 2024

SK Enmove and Hyundai Motor Group entered an agreement last week to jointly develop refrigerants for heating and cooling ...

Hongrun White Oil Project includes Group III Plant

Hongrun White Oil Project includes Group III Plant

Lube Report Asia - February 2, 2024

Hongrun Petrochemical Technology Co. has commissioned a white oil project that includes an API Group III plant at its oi ...

Japan Demand Rose Barely in 2023

Japan Demand Rose Barely in 2023

Lube Report Asia - February 2, 2024

Japan’s finished lubricant demand edged up 1% in 2023, while its lubricants production declined 6%, according to data ...

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Lubrizol Inks Licensing Deal with BASF

Lube Report Americas - January 31, 2024

BASF and Lubrizol struck a deal last week for the latter to produce and distribute several products from two lines of in ...

Novvi Exits Bankruptcy with New Structure

Novvi Exits Bankruptcy with New Structure

Lube Report Americas - January 31, 2024

Renewable base stock supplier Novvi emerged from voluntary bankruptcy last week with a new ownership structure and a cap ...

U.S. Base Oil Output Slipped in November

U.S. Base Oil Output Slipped in November

Lube Report Americas - January 31, 2024

United States base oil production declined 8% in November, compared to the same month last year. November’s output tot ...