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Lukoil Lube Output Up in 2019
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Lukoil Lube Output Up in 2019

Lube Report EMEA - July 5, 2020

Russian lubricant maker Lukoil boosted production at its stand alone lubricant blending plants by 5 percent to 138,000 m ...

Brit Businesses Call for Sustainable Recovery

Brit Businesses Call for Sustainable Recovery

Lube Report EMEA - June 28, 2020

Shell and BP are among 150 signatories of a letter to United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging the U.K. govern ...

May Car Sales Still Low in EU

May Car Sales Still Low in EU

Lube Report EMEA - June 21, 2020

There are signs of moderate recovery in May for passenger car registrations across the European Union, according to the ...

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China Base Oil Trade Slammed by Virus

Lube Report EMEA - February 25, 2020

Chinese base oil and lubricants plants have closed, and trade flows are being constricted by the rapidly spreading coron ...

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Tough 2019 for Rerefiner Hydrodec

Lube Report EMEA - February 18, 2020

United Kingdom-based transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec Group posted a full-year loss for 2019 and said its revenues dec ...

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Coronavirus Upends Base Oil Demand

Lube Report EMEA - February 18, 2020

Base oil refiners in the Middle East face a slowdown in business from China, following the outbreak of the deadly corona ...

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Results Mixed for BP, Up for Liqui Moly

Lube Report EMEA - February 11, 2020

BPs lubricants business reported higher profits for the fourth quarter and lower profits for the full year, attributing ...

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Iran Gets Creative with Base Oil Exports

Lube Report EMEA - February 11, 2020

United States sanctions have forced Iranian refiners to find alternative export channels for their API Group I base oil ...

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Midterm Review Unlikely for Group II Quota

Lube Report EMEA - February 4, 2020

It is unlikely that the European Commission will review the new duty-free API Group II base oil import quota that it ado ...

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Middle East Supply Glut Weighs on Base Oils

Lube Report EMEA - January 28, 2020

A dramatic increase in base oil availability from the Middle East is fueling a supply glut that could exceed 3 million m ...