Founding members of major Japanese oil company Idemitsu Kosan Co. expressed opposition to the companys merger with Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., during Ide ...

Suncor Energy launched an auction of its Petro-Canada lubricants division, Reuters reported on June 16. Citing unnamed sources, the report said the sa ...

Lubricant distributors Boyer Petroleum, Moore Oil Co. and the distribution arm of Lubrication Technologies merged to form Lube-Tech & Partners LL ...

BP announced Thursday that it had sold an 11.5 percent share of Castrol India, leaving it with a 59.5 percent stake. The United Kingdom-based oil majo ...

As part of a three-way deal that also involved Singapore chemicals supplier DyStar, Jiangsu Sinorgchem Technology Co. agreed to acquire two Emerald Pe ...

Japan's JX Nippon Oil & Energy will purchase 8 percent of state-owned petroleum company Vietnam National Petroleum Group, known as Petrolimex.

Universal Lubricants sold its lubes manufacturing business and sales network to distributor PetroChoice and carved out its rerefining, used oil and en ...

Fuchs Petrolub said yesterday it acquired Chevrons worldwide white oils and food machinery lubricants business, which will be integrated into Fuchs Lu ...

Japans Idemitsu Kosan Co. and Kuwait Petroleum International Ltd. plan to set up a joint venture to distribute petroleum products, including lubricant ...

Indias Tide Water Oil agreed last week to a 9.59 million (U.S. $13.8 million) acquisition of Price Thomas Holdings Ltd., which owns United Kingdom-bas ...

Malaysias state-owned Petronas Lubricants International plans to increase its presence in Chinas industrial diesel engine oil market after raising its ...

Independent investment company Bencis Capital Partners acquired a 50.1 percent majority share in Netherlands-based BRB Holdings B.V., which will allow ...

Indonesias state-owned Pertamina Lubricants said it hopes its cross-promotional campaign with national airline Garuda Indonesia will result in greater ...

Most marketers would agree its not easy to expose a lubricants brand to 4.7 billion people, but Gulf Oil says it can potentially accomplish that by sp ...

Saudi Arabian Oil Co. and Shell plan to separate the assets of Motiva, with its API Group II base oil plant in Texas becoming solely owned by Saudi Ar ...

The Russian government has sought to sell off state-owned assets since last December due to continuing economic problems, including lubricant producer ...

ExxonMobil sold its remaining stake in TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK, completing a multi-year exit from its partnership in Japans second-largest oil refiner.

Clean Harbors acquired Vertex Energys rerefinery in Fallon, Nevada, for $35 million to boost plans to increase its rerefining presence in California a ...

PetroChina announced an agreement with automaker FAW Group for the supply and joint development of automotive lubricants. The deal calls for the compa ...

After an alliance led by Standard Greases and Specialities failed in its bid to become majority stockholder of Tide Water Oil, Tide Water Chairman Kal ...