Lukoil’s lubricant arm intends to build two production facilities at its refining complex in Volgograd, Russia – one to make lubricant additives and the second to produce greases and metalworking fluids – according to documents filed recently with the local government.

Germany’s finished lubricants demand, including process oils, declined 13% in June, continuing a year-long trend of monthly decreases, although sales of motor oil, compressor oil and transformer oils experienced upticks, according to government agency data released Sept. 22.

European Union member states last week agreed to push the bloc’s executive arm to relax Euro 7 automobile emissions requirements that it proposed last year, instead calling for restrictions that are little changed from current levels.