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JULY 2019
VOL. 13 ISSUE 7
The Central Point
of REACH
Ukrainian Plant
Rises Again
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Charting Interesting Times
The base oil market in the regions
of Europe, Middle East and Africa has
been somewhat unpredictable of late.
A few of the disruptors include the
fluctuating price of crude feedstock,
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The Gold Standard Ergon ha
PUBLISHER’S LETTER Charting Interesting Tim
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OPPORTUNITY OR OBSTACLE A YEAR HAS PASSED SINCE
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Industry Calendar OCTOBER 8-11. Global Lubrica
Continued from page 22 tute of Statistics. Lubri
Rwanda Lubricants Imports, 2018 (kilograms) 50
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PHOENIX FROM THE LUBES The once-shuttered
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chemicals. Since Azmol’s reopening, the company h
Now includes CRUDE OIL PRICES! No one knows wher
Azmol-BP has total production capacity of nearly
SOWING THE SEEDS OF CHANGE Sustainable Bi
While meeting only a small part of overall lubri
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energy and climate change targets for 2020 set ou
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