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Lube Plant in Poland to Make Hand Sanitizers

Lube Report EMEA - March 10, 2020

Polish lube maker Orlen Oil will start to produce hand sanitizers at its lubricant blending plant in Jedlicze, part of t ...

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Kenya Approves KenolKobil Acquisition

Lube Report EMEA - March 10, 2020

Rubis Energie received conditional approval last month from Kenya authorities for subsidiary KenolKobils acquisition of ...

Lubrizol Vows to Fight Charges

Lubrizol Vows to Fight Charges

Lube Report EMEA - March 3, 2020

Lubrizol will vigorously defend itself against charges of lax safety standards and pollution filed by French prosecutors ...

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Motor Oil Hellas, Naftal Partner in Algeria

Lube Report EMEA - March 3, 2020

Greek petroleum refiner Motor Oil Hellas announced a €30 million investment to establish a joint venture blending plan ...

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Grease Plant Opens in Greece

Lube Report EMEA - March 3, 2020

Lubricants and Petroleum Corp. recently opened a grease plant at its blending facility in Aspropyrgos, Greece, part of a ...

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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 ...

Lukoil Revamps its Lubricant Production

Lukoil Revamps its Lubricant Production

Lube Report EMEA - February 25, 2020

Lukoil invested U.S. $6.1 million since 2018 to increase production capacity and improve efficiency at its lubricant pro ...

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Europe Tops Offshore Wind Energy Volume Record

Lube Report EMEA - February 18, 2020

Europe installed a record 3,623 megawatts of new offshore wind capacity in 2019, according to statistics released Feb. 6 ...

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Fuchs: China Sags, Sustainability Looms

Lube Report EMEA - February 18, 2020

Global lubricant demand is sagging due to a slowdown in China - the market largely responsible for a slow but steady exp ...

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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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Valvoline Tops Poland Motor Oil Rankings

Lube Report EMEA - February 11, 2020

Polish consumers rated Valvoline as the best brand of motor oil in 2019, followed by Motul and Liqui Moly, according to ...

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Brexit Complicates U.K. Lube Industry

Lube Report EMEA - February 4, 2020

The United Kingdom formally left the European Union on Jan. 31, triggering a transition period until the end of this yea ...

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Rouen Residents Still Simmer Over Fire

Lube Report EMEA - February 4, 2020

More than four months after fire struck a Lubrizol Corp. additive plant in Rouen, France, flames of distrust are still b ...

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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 ...

EU Commercial Vehicle Sales Up in 2019

EU Commercial Vehicle Sales Up in 2019

Lube Report EMEA - January 28, 2020

Commercial vehicle registrations across the European Union rose by 2.5 percent to 2.5 million in 2019, marking the seven ...

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Nynas Outlines Reorganization Next Steps

Lube Report EMEA - January 28, 2020

Nynas AB disclosed details and the next steps surrounding the companys reorganization efforts last week, including an at ...