Lukoil opened a Morocco subsidiary, registered as Lukoil Lubricants Africa S.A.R.I., and contracted a blending plant there for its West and North African finished product operations. Monheim, Germany based Oxea named Markus Hoschke as its new executive vice president global marketing and sales.Bellini SpA has partnered with the Bishopdale Group, allowing the Bergamo, Italy-based company to distribute Bishopdale’s range of lubes from Molyslip and Metalube Ltd. in Italy and India.