Tag: View from the Bridge

Floods and the five-year plan; EV sales and China's stockpiling strategy

US recovery may not be good news for OPEC along with oil sands and volatile oil prices; UEIL clamps down on rule breakers and tablets drive digital development.

As China's economy slows and global oil prices drop, there's new stimulus in the world economy. Meanwhile, China's oil majors cut back on overseas investments and China's auto industry continues to boom.

The political and economic crisis in the Eurozone is continuing to have a global impact on the lubes industry. Sebastian Crawshaw discusses what could happen next and looks at the new CARS 21 regulations.

OATS celebrates the First Anniversary Edition of its China Bulletin with a look back at the last 12 months of China's economy and oil industry, with some predictions for the future.

This month's VFTB takes a US perspective on the global outlook and the implications for the lubes industry.

As the West looks East, China's oil majors look to the West in a drive for expansion and profitability. Meanwhile emissions remain high on the agenda of the auto and lubes industries.

The Russian vehicle parc is modernising rapidly and lubes producers are having to keep pace with high quality products. Russian producers will need to look at JVs if they are to avoid losing the lubes market to 'Western' produducers.

China's analysts are taking a long, comparative look at growth predictions against reality as China's economy starts to slow, the drive for quality lubes continues but domestic automakers fail to perform.

Chinese New Year sees massive migration; Sino-Russian relations are critical to China's oil supply and improved vehicle reliability means good news for lubes industry and