Discarded Radioactive Material Found at Smitty’s

February 16, 2026

Pictured behind a police cordon are five 55-gallon black drums of unspecified material labeled “radioactive.” The image is part of a 230-page Louisiana Department of...

ICIS: Base Oil Demand Growing in Africa, Middle East

February 11, 2026

London – Global base oil demand growth remains modest in aggregate but hides divergent regional shifts, Michael Connolly of ICIS said at the 30th ICIS...

Briefly Noted

February 11, 2026

Petrolimex Rebrands to Highlight Digital and Green Energy ShiftVietnam National Petroleum Group, known as Petrolimex, has launched a new brand identity as part of a...

China Base Oil Imports Down in 2025

February 11, 2026

China’s base oil imports totaled 1.46894 million metric tons in 2025, a decline of 4.4% from the previous year, according to data from the General...

Ireland Backdoor into U.K. for Lube Dumping

February 11, 2026

An email seen by Lube Report indicates that U.K. trade remedy duties on certain lubricants may be unenforceable in Northern Ireland because of the unique...

Fuchs Buys Out Opet Share of Turkish JV

February 11, 2026

Germany-based Fuchs SE will take full control of its lubricants joint venture with Opet in Turkey, the company announced. Upon closing, expected by the end...

Ardova Launch Aims for Lower-priced Segment

February 4, 2026

Ardova Plc introduced a new lubricant, AP Supermax, on Thursday in Lagos as part of a strategy to expand its presence in Nigeria’s downstream mass...

Unsold Chinese Cars Pile Up in Russia

February 4, 2026

Russia is awash with Chinese cars, yet sales are falling, dealerships are closing and hundreds of thousands of new vehicles remain unsold. That paradox is...

Castrol and HPCL Mull Rerefined Opportunities in India

February 4, 2026

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd, one of the India’s largest integrated energy companies, and Castrol India, the country’s producer and marketer of finished lubricants, signed a...

Lukoil Sells Foreign Assets

February 4, 2026

Russian energy company Lukoil entered a nonexclusive deal with United States-based equity firm Carlyle to sell Lukoil International GmbH, the unit that controls most of...