Dwindling base oil production from Brazil’s Landulpho Alves refinery over the last several years suggest its base oil plant could be a candidate for ...

Brazil’s base oil production was up 13% and its base oil import volumes were up by more than 150% in July, compared to the same month last year. Pro ...

Indorama Ventures Public Co., a global chemicals producer based in Thailand, agreed to acquire Brazil-based Oxiteno S.A. Industria e Comercio for $1.3 ...

BR Distribuidora S.A., the largest lubricants distributor in Brazil, is rebranding to become Vibra Energia, the company announced last week. Vibra was ...

Brazil’s base oil production grew 68% in June and 26% in the first half of this year, compared to the same periods in 2020, and the volumes reached ...

Royal Dutch Shell on Monday agreed to sell its lubricant business in Brazil to Raizen, the energy company joint venture that has served as its lubes d ...

Brazil’s base oil production in April jumped more than 60% in comparison with the same month in 2020, larger than any year-on-year increase this yea ...

Curacao’s Refineria di Korsou reached an agreement intended to lead to a consortium of local organizations taking over management of the Isla Refine ...

Moove, Cosan’s lubricants arm, reported increases in profit, revenue and sales volume for the first quarter of 2021, building off of a strong end to ...

BR Distribuidora, the largset lubricants supplier in Brazil, has entered an agreement with RefiPampa to blend Lubrax-branded finished lubes for sale i ...

Petrobras on Tuesday extended until the end of July the negotiations completion deadline for the sale of a refinery with a naphthenic base oil plant i ...

Gerdau, Brazil’s largest steel producer, has launched a new company, Gerdau Graphene, to develop products, including lubricants, based on graphene a ...

Passenger car registrations in Brazil declined in December and for full year 2020 due to impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data release ...

Brazil’s base oil production in February matched output from the same month of 2020 after lagging behind for most of the past year. Meanwhile the co ...

Following a restructuring of its business holdings, Brazilian conglomerate Cosan is reportedly considering an initial public stock offering for its Mo ...

Brazil’s base oil production declined almost 20% in January, while its base oil import volumes surged to more than 130% higher than in the same mont ...

Last year, governments around the globe scrambled to dodge the economic effects of stay-at-home orders, increased unemployment, widened income gaps an ...

Cosan’s Moove lubricants arm reported higher profits, revenue and sales volumes for the fourth quarter and full year, finishing 2020 strong after a ...

Petrobras announced on Feb. 8 that has agreed to sell its Landulpho Alves Refinery in Mataripe, Brazil, to Mubadala Investment Co. for U.S. $1.7 billi ...

Base oil production in Brazil fell by nearly a fifth in 2020, and output was still off by about that much during the fourth quarter, according to rece ...