Lubricants with cutting-edge technology

For years, choosing a lubricant seemed like a routine decision. Today, it's very different. Engines have more advanced technology, work with tighter tolerances, and must respond to increasingly diverse regulations and conditions of use. At the same time, the pressure to optimize resources intensifies: engine design seeks to maintain performance, protect equipment, and reduce incidents that can occur over the life of a vehicle. 

Therefore, when we talk about "more technological lubricants" we don't mean substituting one level of complexity for another. We are talking about products designed to perform better in more demanding conditions, maintain their performance longer, and provide peace of mind for both drivers and maintenance professionals.

At Repsol Lubricants, the heart of this evolution is Repsol Technology Lab, Repsol's research, development and innovation (R&D& I) center, where innovation becomes concrete solutions. The goal is not only to create new formulations, but to do so using a method that accelerates learning and raises confidence in the result: understanding, testing, validating, and improving, again and again.  

Applied research makes it possible to anticipate behaviors, refine formulas, and submit them to demanding tests before they reach the market. That discipline is what helps us respond to what the market demands: lubricants that protect better, keep the inside of engines clean, withstand severe conditions, and keep up with the technological evolution of mobility. 

There is one place where reliability is non-negociable: world-class competition. Repsol's relationship with the highest tier of professional competition stretches back 50 years, and it's precisely because it offers the most demanding environment to validate technology.

Along these lines, Repsol Lubricants  has signed an alliance with Dorna Sports to become the exclusive official supplier of lubricants to Moto2™ and Moto3™ from 2026 to 2030.

The agreement isn't just about visibility: it's about knowledge. Moto2 and Moto3 turn each race into an extreme test where temperatures, loads, and operating regimes are subjected to high levels of stress. The experience and data gathered there help refine formulations and translate the lessons learned into commercial products. In other words, the track feeds the lab and the lab passes it on to the street with even better solutions.

Real commitment can't be based on pretty phrases — it must be rooted in facts, methodology, and consistency. At Repsol Lubricants, we work with a life cycle analysis approach to understand and improve the product's impact throughout its stages: from raw materials and manufacturing to packaging, transport, use, and end of life. And we do this by relying on internal tools such as Arrhenius, our carbon footprint calculator, precisely to ensure consistency in calculations and decision-making. 

However, the impact is not only in how it's manufactured, but also in how it's used. This is where lubricants have a clear role for our customers: to help keep equipment in good condition, reduce wear, reduce energy consumption, maintain performance, and, use conditions permitting, favor longer periods between changes and a more efficient use of resources. 

In addition, the circular economy is also driven by specific decisions: for example, the increasing use of packaging with more than 50% post-consumer recycled plastic using Reciclex® technology and extending formats such as the BaginBox, recognized internally for its design approach and impact on safety and the environment.

This market transformation requires more than just good products: it requires a prepared organization. At Repsol Lubricants, we have a business evolution plan — reflected in the Full Potential project — with ambitions for growth, international expansion, premiumization of our product portfolio, and reinforcing key capabilities (supply chain, marketing, technology, talent, and digitalization). 

In a moment in which everything changes, there is something that remains: the need to travel every kilometer with confidence. Our responsibility is to continue making that trust possible through useful innovation, rigorous validation, and responsible decisions, all to accompany customers and drivers in today's and future mobility.