<br />
FEBRUARY 2019<br />
VOL. 13 ISSUE 2<br />
Iranian Shipments<br />
Skirt Sanctions<br />
Group II Makes<br />
Europe Inroads<br />
Solutions Geared<br />
for Industry<br />
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EDITOR’S LETTER<br />
Group-think<br />
This issue is about base oil, which<br />
is unsurprising given the nature of the<br />
magazine. But we take a thorough<br />
look at the interplay between API<br />
Group I to Group II from a number of<br />
perspectives.<br />
First, we ask whether fresh sanc-<br />
tions imposed on Iran may severely<br />
disrupt supplies of lowly Group I base<br />
stocks, the mainstay of passenger car<br />
motor oil formulations in developing<br />
markets, includi<a title="2019_02 - February 2019 - EMEA page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/5b3c91e8?page=1"> FEBRUARY 2019 VOL. 13 ISSUE 2 </a>
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