Volume 10 Issue 1
YPF Sells Brazil Lube Plant
January 1, 2025Argentina’s state-owned energy company YPF sold its finished lubricant factory near Sao Paul, Brazil, to local company Usiquimica.
Lubes Production and Sales Fell in Japan
January 1, 2025Japan’s production and sales of finished lubricating oils both fell in November, compared to the same month of last year, continuing what has been a trend in the second half of 2024.
Gulf Oil India Partners with Nayara Energy
January 1, 2025Gulf Oil Lubricants India inked a three-year partnership with fuel retailer Nyara Energy to sell its entire automotive product range.
Vertex Settles EPA Commitments
January 1, 2025Vertex settled its compliance obligations with the US EPA as part of bankruptcy proceedings.
Career Moves: End of an Era at Liqui Moly
January 1, 2025Who's working where in the lubricant industry.
Briefly Noted
January 1, 2025Starfire Lubricants started construction of a U.S. $9.8 million corporate HQ in Hamilton, Ohio, due to open mid-2025. The new building will house admin, sales, warehousing and logistics operations.
Luberef announced that parent company Saudi Aramco had increased in the price of gas used in the company’s operational activities. Luberef expects a 0.2% rise in the cost of revenue from Q1, 2025, according to local media reports.
Champion Lubricants launched its E-pulse range of transmission and gear fluids, coolants, greases and brake fluids tailored for electric vehicles.