Detecting particles in oil is crucial to prevent contamination and equipment failures. Additives, however, can muddle the results.

Neutralizers and twist compression tests are putting an unexpected spin on fluid development.

Chevron Oronite completed an expansion of its additives plant in Singapore that doubles its global carboxylate-based detergents capacity, the company ...

Profits were up for S-Oil and for Milacrons Fluid Technologies segment, while Afton Chemical reported lower operating profit, BPs lubricants business ...

After two consecutive years of decline, lubricant demand in the Asia-Pacific region should rebound to grow at a compound average annual rate of 0.9 pe ...

For almost a century, the cone penetrometer has taken the measure of grease stiffness. Its easy, cheap, fast--and wildly overrated, critics say.

CNPC has begun supplying a variety of lubricants-related products, including lube additives, in a bid to gain new clients and fight for market share.

Verdezyne Inc. began constructing a commercial-scale, palm-based dodecanedioic acid manufacturing facility in Iskandar, Malaysia, following a two-year ...

In an industry dominated by acronyms and strings of letters, the major focus is naturally on those that influence the customer or regulations. Its eas ...

With so many tests and chemical details for defoamers floating around, how can formulators see through the suds and select the ideal blend?

CHICAGO- Political, environmental and regulatory issues are working together to shape the industrial lubricants landscape near- to mid-term, according ...

A week after Hurricane Harvey stopped drenching the U.S. Gulf Coast, there were signs of good news for the lubricants industry as refineries containin ...

Ingevity Corp. will acquire Georgia-Pacifics pine chemicals business – including tall oil fatty acids used in metalworking fluids and corrosion ...

Innov Oil completed an expansion at its Singapore lube additives plant - a project aimed at helping it meet growing demand for its olefin copolymer vi ...

Water ingress is the enemy of greased components. Pinpointing the proper formulation can minimize the damage.

Tianhe Chemicals Group reported Friday that it has finished building a plant that would upgrade base oils to API Group II and III base oil but that it ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP’s net income rebounded, Afton Chemicals operating profit slipped, Clean Harbors Safety-Kleen segment repo ...

Ineos Oxide, a branch of international chemical company Ineos, plans to construct new units to produce an array of oxo chemical derivatives, the compa ...

With a century of operations under its belt, Chevron Oronite anticipates a new spurt of growth from automotive, off-highway and industrial application ...

Orgkhim and Ilim set up a 50-50 joint venture to produce chemical products, including tall oil fatty acids and their derivatives, at a plant in northe ...