Middle East

Luberef Touts Plan for Lubes Hub

Luberef Touts Plan for Lubes Hub

February 23, 2021

Luberef launched an initiative to encourage lubricant blenders to locate at a site adjacent to its base oil plant in Yan ...

Colonial Breaks Ground in Saudi Arabia

Colonial Breaks Ground in Saudi Arabia

February 9, 2021

A joint venture of United States-based Colonial Chemical Inc. announced on Jan. 20 that it broke ground on a specialty c ...

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Italmatch Buys Phosphorous Process

January 26, 2021

Italmatch Chemicals Group acquired Israel Chemicals’ RecoPhos Project Technology, boosting the group’s development o ...

2020: Year of Pandemic and Much More

2020: Year of Pandemic and Much More

December 29, 2020

For the lubricants industry in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 2020 was dominated by the impacts of the COVID-19 pan ...

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Middle East Oil Slammed by Pandemic

December 8, 2020

The end of the worst part of the COVID-19 pandemic may be in sight, but it could still be some time before the Middle Ea ...

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Rebound Forecast for Africa, Middle East

November 15, 2020

Although COVID-19 impacted the economies of Africa and the Middle East in three key ways – the cost of coping with the ...

Economic Diversification Boosts GCC Demand

Economic Diversification Boosts GCC Demand

October 27, 2020

Lubricant demand within the Gulf Cooperation Council is expected to grow at a moderate pace in the coming years, as memb ...

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Nigerian Blenders Struggle with Pandemic

October 20, 2020

Discouraging imports of low-grade blended lubricants and curtailing sales of straight mineral oils promoted as finished ...

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Adnoc Offers Base Oil Guarantee

October 13, 2020

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. said Monday that it will now guarantee that its base stocks meet specified parameters for vis ...

Neste Divests Stake in Nynas

Neste Divests Stake in Nynas

September 22, 2020

A district judge in Sodertorn, Sweden, on Thursday approved Nynas AB’s petition to extend its court-administered reorg ...

European Energy Use Expected to Fall

European Energy Use Expected to Fall

September 15, 2020

The European Union’s energy demand is forecast to decline by as much as 30% by 2050, depending on how quickly policy m ...

Rebound Forecast for Industrial Lubes

Rebound Forecast for Industrial Lubes

September 15, 2020

Global demand for general industrial lubricants will decline 13 percent for this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, con ...

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GP Makes Restructuring Hires

August 11, 2020

Financially troubled GP Global announced last week that it has hired a restructuring officer to oversee its quest for ca ...

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Siddharth Opens Plant in UAE

July 10, 2020

India-based Siddharth Grease & Lubes Pvt.’s subsidiary opened a lubricant and grease manufacturing plant in the Un ...

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Ajman Emirate Nabs Counterfeiters

June 14, 2020

Authorities in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, confiscated 100,000 packs of fake engine oil after a sweep last week on a co ...

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Middle East Airlines Mothball Planes

May 31, 2020

Fears that the market for aviation lubricants and greases in the Middle East is unravelling as a result of the Covid-19 ...

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Iran Gets Creative with Base Oil Exports

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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Middle East Trade Goes on Amid Tensions

January 14, 2020

Renewed fears arose of disruption to base oil supplies from the Middle East, following the United States killing on Jan. ...