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F+L Webcast
Listen to news and opinion on a wide variety of fuels and lubricants industry themes. Presented by F&L Asia Limited.
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Navigating China’s mobility evolution
In Episode 49 of F+L Webcast, Vicky Villena-Denton sat down with Henry Liu, vice president for Asia Pacific at Lubrizol Corporation, to discuss the co...

Transforming plastic waste into high-value base oils
In Episode 48 of F+L Webcast, Vicky Denton sits down with Robert Kennedy, co-founder of Aeternal Upcycling, to discuss a breakthrough approach to tack...

Navigating a new era in lubricants - PETRONAS Lubricants International’s vision for the future
In Episode 47 of the F+L Webcast, Ravi Tallamraju, Group Chief Technology Officer of PETRONAS Lubricants International (PLI), shared his insights on t...

Driving energy innovation - ASTM's role in shaping the future of fuel standards
As the global fuels and lubricants industry accelerates its transition toward sustainability, ASTM International’s Committee D02 is at the centre of e...

The importance of EELQMS for the lubricants industry in Asia and the Middle East
The European Engine Lubricants Quality Management System (EELQMS) plays a crucial role in maintaining high-quality engine oils for European vehicles a...

Matt Joyce on innovating for a sustainable future at HF Sinclair Lubricants
With more than 30 years of industry experience, Matthew (Matt) Joyce, Corporate Senior Vice President and President of HF Sinclair’s Lubricants & Spec...

Driving innovation in lubricants: Spotlight on Iconic’s Daiane Spadari
In the male-dominated world of lubricants, Daiane Spadari has emerged as a trailblazer. Currently, the research and development executive manager at I...

Michael Holloway on global collaboration in industry standards
In a recent interview on F+L Webcast, Michael Holloway, president of Fifth Order Industry, highlighted the importance of global collaboration in devel...

Inside Lubrizol’s sustainability journey – An interview with Ping Zhu
In Episode 41 of F+L Webcast, Ping Zhu, vice president of Technology at Lubrizol Additives, shared insights into the company’s forward-thinking approa...

Navigating the future of industrial lubricants
In Episode 40 of F+L Webcast, Uday Kumar, the industrial managing director of PETRONAS Lubricants International, shared his extensive journey and insi...

Engen Petroleum focuses on customer pain points and localisation to drive growth in South Africa
In an exclusive interview with F+L Webcast, Adnaan Emeran, marketing and business development manager for Commercial Fuels and Lubricants at Engen Pet...

TotalEnergies’ Vincent Minard on Asia’s lubricants market outlook
Vincent Minard is a seasoned veteran with two decades of experience within TotalEnergies’ Marketing & Services. His journey with TotalEnergies has tak...

Flavio Kliger reflects on his first year at the helm of Lubrizol Additives
Flavio Kliger, who was appointed president of Lubrizol Additives in January 2023, reflects on his first year at the helm of one of the leading global...

Future development of immersion fluids in the tech sector
Joseph Star, business development manager for Product Solutions at ExxonMobil, based in London, UK, discusses the emerging field of liquid cooling, pa...

Jason Wells - Steering Novvi through strategic shifts and sustainability
In a revealing interview, Jason Wells, now at the helm of Novvi LLC, sheds light on the company’s on-going restructuring and its new strategic directi...

Mansi Madan Tripathy on Shell Lubricant’s sustainability journey
Shell is not just an energy giant; it's a pioneer steering the helm of the sustainability journey. Mansi Madan Tripathy, Shell Lubricants’ VP for Asia...

Standardizing Sustainability: Unpacking API's Technical Report 1533
Good morning, and welcome to another episode of the F+L podcast. I'm your host, Vicky Denton, and today we're joined by Jeff Harmening, a senior progr...

Conversation with Dr. Ali Erdemir on Frontiers Research on EV Tribology
Researchers are looking to create new lubricants and fluids for electric vehicles (EVs) that consider issues such as materials compatibility, electric...

Can carbon footprint be included in future base oil specs?
Mario Majic, head of Strategic Business Development, Marketing & Corporate Governance at Avista Oil AG, says that with today’s re-refining technology,...

Conversation with Sofia Öberg of 2Probity Registration
In 2019, Sofia Öberg established 2Probity Registration, an independent third-party organization that provides product registrations of non-food compou...

Conversation with French start-up Afyren
In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Afyren started construction of a unique, low-carbon, zero-waste biorefinery to produce bio-based acids in Carli...

Conversation with VeryOne's R&D Director Anne-Gaelle Morin
Anne-Gaelle Morin is an R&D and technical strategy leader with 25 years of international scientific, regulatory and industrial experience building up...

Dr. Selim Erhan on growth opportunities for vegetable oil-based process oils
Selim Erhan has a Ph.D. in Organic-Polymer Chemistry from Western Michigan University. He started his career as a research scientist at the National...

David Barned on supply chain issues and post-Covid challenges
In Episode 26 of F+L Webcast, David Barned, senior vice president and general manager of the North American Business Unit of Master Fluid Solutions ba...

Caterpillar’s Hind Abi-Akar on why the current HDEO process works
Hind Abi-Akar recently retired from Caterpillar, the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines...

Emerging trends in motorcycle engine oils
Episode 24 of F+L Webcast features Anand Bhargav, global segment manager for main-tier PCMO [passenger car motor oil] and small engines segments at Ch...

Conversation with Novvi CEO Jeff Brown
Jeffrey (Jeff) Brown has extensive experience bringing new technologies to market and is a pioneer in the field of renewable chemicals. Prior to co-f...

Conversation with Eric Holthusen, Chief Technology Officer, Petronas Lubricants International
Eric G. Holthusen, group chief technology officer at Petronas Lubricants International Sdn. Bhd. (PLI), has a wealth of experience in the lubricants i...

Dr. Nuwong Chollacoop on Biodiesel and EV trends in Thailand
In this episode, Dr. Nuwong Chollacoop, Renewable Energy Research Team Leader at the National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC) in Thailand...

Carbon neutrality goals to drive IFC performance standards and specifications
An OEM-led consortium is trying to transform how global vehicle fluid specifications are being defined today to meet society’s carbon neutrality goals...

Conversation with IndianOil’s R&D Director Dr. SSV Ramakumar
Indian Oil Corp. (IndianOil), a Fortune 500 company, remains a clear lubricants market leader in India, three decades after India deregulated its lubr...

Conversation with Monica Johansson, fuel and energy analyst at Volvo Group
Monica Johansson has been on a running streak for 1,170 days. Her goal is to take 20,000 steps a day. She runs about 20 minutes every day. She also ru...

How AI can improve the predictive power of tribology, the tribological challenges of electrical vehicles and why the energy transition should be an evolution
Dr. Boris Zhmud, born in Russia, now based in Stockholm, Sweden, has more than 20 years of professional experience in lubricants and lubrication engin...

The future of the lubricants industry - A perspective from Asia
In today’s environment, it is no longer politically correct to espouse the importance of the internal combustion engine in light of the climate change...

Developing next-generation fluids for next-generation hardware
In this episode, Rebecca Warden discusses the work of the Advanced Fluids for Electrified Vehicles (AFEV) consortium at Southwest Research Institute (...

China VIb: The most stringent emissions standard is coming in 2023
We interview Keith Howard of Lubrizol about China VI, China VIb and the general China vehicle parc.

Could this be the last of the ACEA Engine Oil Sequences?
The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) published the latest ACEA European Engine Oil Sequences on April 30, 2021, with first allowa...

Diego Brodoni and Mario Montuori discuss Europe’s lubricants market landscape
Diego Brodoni, vice president/general manager for Valvoline Europe, discusses the dramatic changes in the lubricants market in Europe over the past 20...

A conversation with multi-awarded tribologist Ashlie Martini
Multi-awarded tribologist Ashlie Martini, a professor of mechanical engineering at University of California, Merced, discusses the future of tribology...

A conversation with Infineum's Technology & Sustainability Director Maurizio Abbondanza
Infineum expects to publish its first sustainability report sometime in April 2021, says Maurizio Abbondanza, technology & sustainability director at...