Brazil’s base oil output – mostly API Group I oils – declined 6% to 44,000 metric tons in March, while base oil imports remained well below the ...

Brazilian energy company Raizen said last week that it completed its acquisition of Shell’s lubricant business in Brazil, which it agreed to purchas ...

Ecuador collected 4.1 million gallons of used lubricants in 2021 – a fifth of the amount of lubes it consumes – through a two-year-old program aim ...

Brazil’s production of base oil – mostly API Group I – dropped 15% in February, and imports were down by more than two-thirds, according to data ...

The South American country’s output of base oil – primarily consisting of API Group I oils – declined to 44,000 metric tons in January, down fro ...

Cosan’s Moove posted lower net income and sales volume amid an increase in revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 but reported big increases in incom ...

Passenger car registrations in Brazil declined in December but were higher for full year 2021, showing a slight recovery in spite of the ongoing globa ...

Base oil production in Brazil in November was slightly lower than in the same month last year, ending a streak of three consecutive months in which ye ...

Base oil production in Brazil in October was more than 20% higher than in the same month last year, the third consecutive month that year-over-year to ...

Petrobras said last week that it still intends to move forward with two initiatives that would alter the country’s base oil supply base – the sale ...

Cosan’s Moove reported increases in profit and revenue and a decrease in sales volume for the quarter ending Sept. 30, compared to last year’s res ...

Passenger car registrations and automotive production in Brazil both dropped in October to the lowest levels for the month in five years, according to ...

September base oil production in Brazil was 22% higher than the same month of last year and was up even more from pre-COVID-19 levels. Despite the inc ...

Brazil’s base oil production jumped 48% in August, compared to the same period last year, and was up by 18% from August 2019’s volume, suggesting ...

ExxonMobil Synthetics today announced plans to expand the production capacity of its metallocene high viscosity polyalphaolefin plant in Baytown, Texa ...

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 ...