Nynas Naphthenics said it will soon open new offices in Moscow, Russia, and in Jakarta, Indonesia, markets where the company sees much potential for its naphthenic specialty oils. In its latest Naphthenics magazine, Stockholm, Sweden-based Nynas announced Piotr Sokol will be general manager in Russia. Sokol formerly worked as general manager and sales manager in Poland. He started working in his new position back in September. Sokol said his goal is to get the new office up and running next yea...

NEW YORK – Argentinas lubricant market grew more than 50 percent from 2002 to 2007 and was on track to reach nearly 350,000 cubic meters (92.5 million gallons) this year – before the late 08 global economic crisis hit. Can the countrys agricultural and automotive sectors weather the storms and keep driving lubricant demand? Monica Vazquez, lubricants and specialties product development and OEM approvals manager for YPF S.A. in Buenos Aires, provided an overview of Argentinas lubrican...

A large quantity of transformer oil blazed more than 10 hours at a power substation in Harlesden, a suburban town in the London borough of Brent, on Thursday. It was a National Grid transformer, containing transformer oil, that was completely damaged by fire on Christmas Day, a London Fire Brigade spokeswoman told Lube Report yesterday. Its still ongoing so weve still got machines down there, and were monitoring it. The transformer has to cool down before it can be declared safe. She said the ...

Total Lubricants Canada has signed a five-year lubricants distribution agreement for Canusa Automotive Warehousing to distribute Total automotive lubricants and coolants in Ontario. In addition, Total has signed a five-year sponsorship agreement with Canusa, under which the Canusa Motorsports team will compete at various tracks in Ontario and northern U.S. states under the Total colors. Claude Van Kessell, marketing manager for Total Lubricants Canada, said Canusa was appealing because of its ...

Chinas estimated 2007 finished lubricants market of 5.3 million metric tons valued at $10.6 billion was second only to the United States in volume, consultancy Kline and Co. concluded in a recent study, though the countrys economy this year isnt immune to the effects of the recession gripping the U.S. and much of the world. Geeta Agashe, vice president of Little Falls, N.J.-based Kline and Co.s Energy Practice, discussed the companys study, Opportunities in Lubricants 2008: China Market Analysis...