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FEBRUARY 2020
VOL. 14 ISSUE 2
Sov e G ease
Specs Endu e
T ack ng Es e s
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Rotterdam is ready…
World-scale Group II production from Europe,
bringing reliable supply of advanced base stocks
to lubricant innovators globally.
All bases covered. ExxonMobil Basestocks
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trademarks of Exxon Mobil Corporation or one of its subsidiaries.
PUBLISHER’S LETTER
Staying in Lane
Our audience comes to us for
opinions on the lubricants industry.
Yet often in these pages, we mention
the ongoing geopolitical strife in the
Middle East and how it affects base
oil trade flows. It would be remiss
of us not to do so. Nevertheless, we
FEBRUARY 2020 VOL. 14 ISSUE 2 Sov e G ea
Rotterdam is ready… World-scale Group II product
PUBLISHER’S LETTER Staying in Lane
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BASE OIL REPORT
DEPTH At IPAC, we look back
MARKETING MATTERS
varnish on gears and bearings using a competitor’
GOST IN THE MACHINE Standards are essenti
LUBES‘N’GREASES EUROPE-MIDDLE EAST-AFRICA • FEBRU
T he remnants of communist Bu
group II base oils regular, reliable supply and
17-21 February 2020 / Park Plaza Westminster Br
Continued from page 14 of Russian petrochemicals
Getting the Green House in Order There is an e
LUBES‘N’GREASES EUROPE-MIDDLE EAST-AFRICA • FEBRU
able to the public.” Eco-investment Meanwhile
globe put pressure on the industries to rethink e
a way to go, Moncrieff said. Worldwide, there are
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“It’s good to hear people calling for talent attr
LUBE INDUSTRY FACING TALENT SHORTAGE As th
T hose in the lubricant
the founder and managing director of marketing an
But that message does not seem to resonate bey
NEW MARKET REPORT FOR 2020 The lubric
eNHANCING 30
ESTerS’ Hydrolytic Stability & Biodegradability
Not Correlated But the correlation of biodegra
8th ANNUAL CONFERENCE CIS BASE OILS AND LUBRICAN
Continued from page 32 hindered, then other degra
other relevant properties, like polar- ity or vis
Newsmakers Continent’s Transport
The paper also pushes for more investments i
LAST WORD
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