As China solidifies its place as the worlds largest lubricant market, that market will become more competitive, see faster growth in inland areas, and ...

Gulf PetroChem confirmed that its open offer to acquire publicly held shares of Sah Petroleums stock ended Oct. 28. The United Arab Emirates-based com ...

The third quarter brought improved performance for Castrol India and SK Lubricants. Castrols net profit for the three months ended Sept. 30 rose 11 pe ...

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SK Lubricants, S-Oil, Chemtura and Quaker Chemical reported higher profits for the quarter ending Sept. 30, compared to year-earlier numbers. SK Lubri ...

A global base stock surplus, combined with slowed growth in demand and upcoming capacity additions, means the market should prepare for more base oil ...

The Asia-Pacific region accounted for 43 percent of global lubricant demand in 2013, Kline & Co. consultancy concluded in a recent webinar.

S-Oils base oil business and MJL Bangladesh Ltd. both reported year-on-year improvements in third quarter revenue and profits. S-Oil also stated that ...

BPs Castrol and U.S.-based TechSolve launched Optis last week, a 50-50 joint venture which Castrol says is the first such agreement between a lubrican ...

Heritage-Crystal Clean acquired FCC Environmental for $90 million, adding 54 million gallons per year of used oil volume. Heritage officials said Frid ...

Net income for WD-40 reached $11.5 million for the quarter ending Aug. 31, up 42 percent from the year earlier quarter. It was the fourth quarter of t ...

Base stock selection deserves more attention from formulators of metalworking fluids and other industrial lubricants, an industry insider said at a re ...

Nigeria held its first Lubricant Summit in Lagos in August to discuss the state of the industry and plan the sectors future. Attendees paid particular ...

NOVEMBER 4-6. ICIS African Base Oils & Lubricants Conference Westin, Cape Town, South Africa Email: rob.porter@rbi.co.uk Website: www.icisconferen ...

Overall, Asia-Pacifics base stock supply and demand are balanced, but the region exports large volumes of surplus API Group III oils, and it uses exce ...

Gulf Petrochem on Wednesday announced an offer to acquire an additional 26 percent of Sah Petroleums Ltd. from public shareholders. Gulf Petrochem alr ...

Shares of lubricant additives supplier Tianhe Chemicals Group resumed trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Thursday after a month-long suspension t ...

Distributor PetroChoice acquired LubriCorp and opened a hub in Ohio last week. The company did not disclose costs, but said the moves will help expand ...

Specialty chemicals manufacturer Trecora Resources closed last week on a $73 million acquisition of Schumann/Steiers Texas subsidiary, SSI Chusei, whi ...

Naco Lubrication Co. and Luan Group are building a plant in Chinas Shanxi Province that will use coal-to-liquids feedstocks to manufacture polyalphaol ...