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Moove to Acquire PetroChoice

May 25, 2022

Cosan’s Moove made a splash this week with an almost half-billion-dollar acquisition for PetroChoice, the largest lubr ...

Moove Posts Higher Profits

Moove Posts Higher Profits

May 18, 2022

Moove, Brazil-based Cosan’s lubricants arm, reported higher profits and revenue despite lower sales volume in the firs ...

Brazil Base Oils Dipped in March

Brazil Base Oils Dipped in March

May 11, 2022

Brazil’s base oil output – mostly API Group I oils – declined 6% to 44,000 metric tons in March, while base oil im ...

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Raizen Closes on Shell Brazil Purchase

May 4, 2022

Brazilian energy company Raizen said last week that it completed its acquisition of Shell’s lubricant business in Braz ...

Brazil Base Oil Output Fell in February

Brazil Base Oil Output Fell in February

April 13, 2022

Brazil’s production of base oil – mostly API Group I – dropped 15% in February, and imports were down by more than ...

Brazil Base Oils Declined in January

Brazil Base Oils Declined in January

March 9, 2022

The South American country’s output of base oil – primarily consisting of API Group I oils – declined to 44,000 me ...

Moove Posts Decline for Fourth Quarter

Moove Posts Decline for Fourth Quarter

February 23, 2022

Cosan’s Moove posted lower net income and sales volume amid an increase in revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 but r ...

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Brazil Auto Sales Recovering Slowly

February 9, 2022

Passenger car registrations in Brazil declined in December but were higher for full year 2021, showing a slight recovery ...

Brazil Base Oils Hit a Bump

Brazil Base Oils Hit a Bump

January 5, 2022

Base oil production in Brazil in November was slightly lower than in the same month last year, ending a streak of three ...

Brazil Base Oils Stay Ahead of 2020

Brazil Base Oils Stay Ahead of 2020

December 1, 2021

Base oil production in Brazil in October was more than 20% higher than in the same month last year, the third consecutiv ...

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Petrobras Updates on Lubnor, GasLub

December 1, 2021

Petrobras said last week that it still intends to move forward with two initiatives that would alter the country’s bas ...

Moove Posts Higher Profits

Moove Posts Higher Profits

November 17, 2021

Cosan’s Moove reported increases in profit and revenue and a decrease in sales volume for the quarter ending Sept. 30, ...

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Brazil Auto Sales, Production Drop in October

November 10, 2021

Passenger car registrations and automotive production in Brazil both dropped in October to the lowest levels for the mon ...

Brazil Base Oils Keep Rebounding

Brazil Base Oils Keep Rebounding

November 3, 2021

September base oil production in Brazil was 22% higher than the same month of last year and was up even more from pre-CO ...

Brazil Base Oils Still Strong

Brazil Base Oils Still Strong

October 20, 2021

Brazil’s base oil production jumped 48% in August, compared to the same period last year, and was up by 18% from Augus ...

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ExxonMobil to Raise High-vis PAO Capacity

October 13, 2021

ExxonMobil Synthetics today announced plans to expand the production capacity of its metallocene high viscosity polyalph ...

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Brazil Plant Sputters in Midst of Sale

September 29, 2021

Dwindling base oil production from Brazil’s Landulpho Alves refinery over the last several years suggest its base oil ...

Brazil Base Oil Imports Jumped in July

Brazil Base Oil Imports Jumped in July

September 8, 2021

Brazil’s base oil production was up 13% and its base oil import volumes were up by more than 150% in July, compared to ...