Coronavirus Impacts Asia Base Oil Refiners

Source : Lubes n Greases SINGAPORE – Base oil refiners in Asia are slashing production and looking for alternative markets amid plummeting lubricant and grease demand in China, industry insiders sa...
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Biodiesel : Where are the Specifications now and what is the future? - By Dr. Raj Shah and Mr. Curtis Miller

Biodiesel is touted as a clean and renewable fuel that serves as an environmentally-friendly alternative to petroleum diesel. The diesel substitute derived mainly from vegetable oils and animal fats i...
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Quality of Indian Lubes Rising for BS VI

India’s automotive engine oil market will be taking a step up in coming months as suppliers prepare for the nation’s implementation of the Bharat Stage VI vehicular emissions standard. The formul...
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Auto Sales Sag in China, India

SINGAPORE – Declining automotive sales in China and India are expected to impact demand for base oils, industry experts said at a conference last month. “The transportation sector is still the bi...
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Industrial Oil Suppliers Well-suited for EVs

SINGAPORE – Asia’s electric vehicles growth will create new market opportunities for marketers of industrial lubricants, not just automotive lubes, a consultant said here last month. “We should...
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"Future of Crude Oil in the world of Electric Vehicles – An Outlook" by Shailendra V. Gokhale

I wrote a blog a year back that it is unlikely for crude oil to touch $100/barrel and rather it would start coming down to the level of $60, when most of the analysts from top investment banking/FII...
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Will oil touch $100 again and India’s changing dynamics on oil sourcing

In the beginning of September 2018, in my article The rising prices of Fuels and short/medium/long term solutions,I had made few suggestions. I am happy to note that my recommended solutions were cons...
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*The rising prices of Fuels and short/medium/long term solutions*– by Shailendra V.Gokhale

As petrol price in Mumbai has crossed Rs.87 per Ltr. and Diesel price Rs.77 per Ltr.,the common man is worried, since it has started making a hole in his pocket. There is an argument that in 2014,pric...
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