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Base Oil Dynamics Dominate ICIS Discussions<br />
The base oil supply/demand situa-<br />
tion was uppermost in the minds of<br />
presenters and attendees at February’s<br />
ICIS Base Oils and Lubricants Confer-<br />
ence in London. In her opening re-<br />
marks at the conference, Nynas Mar-<br />
keting Director Valentina Serra-Holm<br />
said <a title="2015_04 - April 2015 - EMEA page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/8db484aa?page=1"> April 2015 EUROPE MIDDLE EAST AFRICA Number 70 </a>
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