Middle East

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Crude Oil Pain is Base Oils Gain

November 4, 2015

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Despite uncertainty over crude oil prices, there are grounds for optimism in the bas ...

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Gulf Petrochem Launches Terminal

November 4, 2015

Gulf Petrochem Group inaugurated its new storage terminal in the United Arab Emirates. The terminal can house all classe ...

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Winds of Change Shift Middle East Lubes Market

October 21, 2015

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The Middle East is being buffeted by economic, market and supply changes that promis ...

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Rerefined Oils Gain Traction in the Middle East

September 17, 2015

After years in the doldrums, the rerefined base oils market is garnering an increasingly sizeable market share in the Mi ...

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Adnoc Cooks up a New Recipe

July 21, 2015

An old adages states, "If you want to make an omelet, you need to break some eggs." Thats an apt description of a new ap ...

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Yanbu Group II to Stream in 2Q 2016

July 8, 2015

Luberefs Yanbual Bahr, Saudi Arabia, refinery expansion – which will add 700,000 metric tons per year of API Group ...

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Total Ups Middle East Ante

July 1, 2015

The French oil giant has been steadily building a lubricants business in the region, through a combination of blending a ...

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Small U.A.E. Blender Has Big Ambitions

June 23, 2015

The United Arab Emirates is perhaps the Middle Easts most vibrant lubricant market and has carved out a niche as a major ...

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Enoc to Become Largest Emirates Producer

June 10, 2015

Emirates National Oil Co. has increased its lubricants and grease blending capacity to 300,000 metric tons per year with ...

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Refiners Eye Gold Rush to Iran

May 27, 2015

With an historic accord on the anvil, Iran is eager to re-engage with global markets -- and outsiders could be welcomed ...

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Marketing Matters

May 14, 2015

Lisa Tocci examines the ramifications of the Middle East becoming a base oil exporter.

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ExMo Completes Baytown Expansion

May 6, 2015

ExxonMobil last week announced completion of its Baytown, Texas, refinery expansion, which will increase production of i ...

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Middle East Transitions to Base Oil Exporter

April 8, 2015

In the few short years since 2011, the Middle East has gone from being an importer of base oils to a major export center ...

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Elco Keen on Grease

March 25, 2015

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Emirates Lube Oil Co (Elco) confirmed to Lube Report it commenced operations at a ne ...

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Plotting the Future in the Middle East

March 17, 2015

Demand for higher viscosity index oils has risen exponentially in recent years, which spurred a rush to upgrade hydrocra ...

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Gazprom to Blend in China, Seek Deal in Libya

March 11, 2015

Gazpromneft-Lubricants is pushing to enter the markets of China and Libya; for the former it plans to open local product ...

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Gazprom Lubes Enter Israel

February 25, 2015

Russian lube marketer Gazpromneft-Lubricants and Israel-based Negev Distribution Lubricants signed a procurement deal. T ...

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Shell Opens Middle East GTL Base Oil Hub

January 21, 2015

Shell recently opened a gas-to-liquid base oil hub in Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates, making its first delivery i ...