ADNOC Distribution Launches New Plant-Based Engine Oil

ADNOC Distribution formulates and produces the Voyager Green Series at its dedicated facility in the UAE, ensuring the highest levels of quality and efficiency in accordance with international standards.(WAM)
ADNOC Distribution formulates and produces the Voyager Green Series at its dedicated facility in the UAE, ensuring the highest levels of quality and efficiency in accordance with international standards.(WAM)
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ADNOC Distribution Launches New Plant-Based Engine Oil

ADNOC Distribution formulates and produces the Voyager Green Series at its dedicated facility in the UAE, ensuring the highest levels of quality and efficiency in accordance with international standards.(WAM)
ADNOC Distribution formulates and produces the Voyager Green Series at its dedicated facility in the UAE, ensuring the highest levels of quality and efficiency in accordance with international standards.(WAM)

ADNOC Distribution, UAE's leading fuel distributor, announced launching a new Voyager Green Series range of lubricant products for both petrol and diesel engines made from 100% plant-based base oil.

The company said it is bringing plant-based lubricants to the region for the first time, saying it comes as part of its plans to broaden lubricant offering and enhance its range of products that support a reduced carbon footprint

Voyager PX Green is developed specifically for petrol engines and Voyager DX Green for diesel engines. The high-quality blending technology is the first approach in the region to be made entirely from plant-based base oils, state news agency WAM reported.

ADNOC Distribution CEO Eng. Bader Saeed Al Lamk said the innovative new range offers customers a great range of choices to select the right lubricant for their vehicles.

"Leveraging our in-house research team and production facilities, we will continue to invest in innovation that offers greater choice, quality and supports our move towards a more diversified energy mix."

Plant-based base oils are made from sustainable feedstock sources, such as palm, soy, coconut and rapeseed. The range is formulated to deliver higher levels of engine performance than conventional synthetic base oils, due to its unique molecular composition.

Also, the new series will also carry certifications from the internationally recognized American Petroleum Institute (API) as well as and major vehicle manufacturer approvals, so customers can be assured of the highest levels of quality.

This new lubricants range will be available in the UAE from March 2022, as well as across the company’s international distribution network of 19 countries.



UN's FAO: World Food Prices Increase in April

FILE - A customer checks his shopping receipts while waiting in line at the food court at Costco Wholesale store in Glendale, Calif., on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
FILE - A customer checks his shopping receipts while waiting in line at the food court at Costco Wholesale store in Glendale, Calif., on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
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UN's FAO: World Food Prices Increase in April

FILE - A customer checks his shopping receipts while waiting in line at the food court at Costco Wholesale store in Glendale, Calif., on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
FILE - A customer checks his shopping receipts while waiting in line at the food court at Costco Wholesale store in Glendale, Calif., on Thursday, April 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Global food commodity prices increased in April, driven by higher cereal, meat and dairy product prices that outweighed falls in sugar and vegetable oils, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization said on Friday.
The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in a basket of internationally traded food commodities, averaged 128.3 points in April, up 1% versus the March estimate of 127.1 points, Reuters reported.
The April reading was also 7.6% higher than the same month a year ago but 19.9% below a March 2022 peak reached following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
For cereals, FAO's price index rose 1.2% from March as wheat prices edged up due to tighter exports from Russia, rice rose on stronger demand and corn stocks tightened in the United States.
"Currency fluctuations influenced price movements in world markets, while tariff policy adjustments raised market uncertainty," the FAO added.
Despite the April rise, the cereal price index was 0.5% below its year earlier level.
Also driving food prices higher, the FAO's meat price index rose 3.2% last month, led by pig meat prices and firm import demand for bovine meat.
The dairy price index rose 2.4% in April and jumped 22.9% versus a year ago as butter prices hit record highs thanks to declining inventories in Europe.
By contrast, FAO's vegetable price index fell 2.3% last month due to a sharp decline in palm oil prices, while the sugar price index dropped 3.5% on fears over the uncertain global economic outlook.
In a separate cereal report, FAO kept its forecast for world wheat production unchanged at 795 million metric tons, on par with 2024 levels.
The agency decreased its estimate slightly for global cereal production in 2024 to 4.848 billion tons from 2.849 billion.