Middle East

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Lukoil Expands in Middle East

December 31, 2014

United Arab Emirates-based car dealer Al Habtoor Motors and Russian lube maker Lukoil signed a partnership deal that wil ...

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Middle East Moving to Better Base Stocks

December 15, 2014

The Middle East remains a stubbornly Group I market at a time when global standards for finished lubricants are rising. ...

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Publisher’s Letter

November 18, 2014

At the recent ICIS Middle Eastern Base Oils & Lubricants Conference in Dubai, Saudi Arabia-based consultant Sulaiman Bil ...

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Last Word

November 18, 2014

Mark Townsend reviews the outlook for the Middle East base oil market.

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Middle East Faces Group II/III Shift Choice

October 29, 2014

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – With API Group II and III base oil supply growing in the Persian Gulf area, the ques ...

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Inferior Lubes Plague the Middle East

October 21, 2014

Much of the recent discussion about the Middle East has focused on its emergence as an important base oil hub. In stark ...

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U.S. Sanctions Oil Supplier Over Syria

July 23, 2014

The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on United Arab Emirates-based Pangates International Corp. for providing ...

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Getting Refining Costs Right

June 19, 2014

The Middle East is gaining a reputation as a supply hub for base oils, and examples abound to support that contention. H ...

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Publishers Letter

June 19, 2014

Mineral base oil capacities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa total nearly 16.8 million metric tons per year, a slig ...

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Lukoil Expands Marine Lubes

June 18, 2014

Russian lubricant maker Lukoil recently reached several key marine oil agreements to supply a range of customers, from c ...

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Shell Lubes to Expand in Egypt

June 11, 2014

Shell Egypt will increase capacity of its lubricants blending plant near Cairo by more than 100 million liters per year ...

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Spotlight on Middle East & Africa

June 2, 2014

These two regions already consume 8 percent of the world's finished lubes. As they bounce back from economic and civil t ...

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Takreers Group II/III Plant Delayed Again

May 21, 2014

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Takreers flagship 600,000 tons per year API Group II/III base oils plant at Ruwa ...

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Oman Oil Bolsters Lubricants Business

May 15, 2014

Oman Oil has launched a range of finished lubricants that will be sold in the country and several new export markets. Th ...

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Heavy Lifting

May 1, 2014

Some elements of Irans lubricant industry are working to raise product quality, but the business environment makes it ch ...

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Oman Gets Stake in UAE Blender

February 12, 2014

Oman Oil Marketing Co. acquired a 40 percent shareholding in blender Lubechem International Industry, based in the Unite ...

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Egyptian Auto Maker to Distribute Gazprom’s Lubes

February 5, 2014

Russian Gazprom Neft Lubricants signed a lubes distribution contract with Ghabbour Auto, a large automobile assembler an ...

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Whats on Q8s Plate?

January 14, 2014

Q8Oils has become a major player in Western Europe and plans to do the same in the U.S., China and Middle East.