The majority owners of Bulgarian lube maker Prista Oil Group have repurchased a 30 percent stake held jointly by an institutional investor and a priva ...

HollyFrontier is in advanced talks to acquire Suncor Energys Petro-Canada lubricants division via auction for a little over $1 billion, Reuters report ...

Citing volatility in the base oils market, SK Lubricants, which produces more API Group III than any other company, plans to increase emphasis on grow ...

Idemitsu Kosan Co. indefinitely postponed its merger with fellow Japanese oil refiner Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. to allow more time to discuss plans with ...

The Russian government last week approved oil giant Rosnefts bid to buy a majority stake in Bashneft, a regional player in the oil and lubes sector. T ...

Lanxess AG plans to form a new performance additives segment and become a bigger player in industrial lubricant additives after the closing of its $2. ...

SI Group acquired TPC Groups Baytown, Texas facility, including manufacturing assets for nonene and tetramer, propylene oligomers that are used as int ...

BP sold an 8.5 percent chunk of its ownership in Castrol India today, reducing its stake in the Indian lubricant marketer for the second time in four ...

Founded in 1923 as an independent lube manufacturer, Verkol is in the midst of rebranding itself as part of the Quaker Chemical family of products.

As part of its spin-off of Valvoline Inc., Ashland hopes to raise up to $690 million in an initial public stock offering that constitutes at least a 1 ...

SK Group and Sinopec are seeking to expand their areas of cooperation in China to extend to their petroleum, base oil and lubricant businesses, the So ...

Idemitsu Kosan Co.s acquisition of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. - inked last year for closure this month - has been delayed again due in part to Idemitsu b ...

JX Holdings and TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK last week finalized their agreement to merge in April 2017 to become Japans largest oil refiner. Among midstrea ...

Ongoing financial trouble has lead Brazils state-owned oil company Petrobras to divest lubricant operations in Chile and Argentina, including blending ...

Indias Tide Water Oil named its largest shareholder, Standard Greases & Specialties Pvt., joint-promoter alongside state-owned Andrew Yule Group. The ...

Japans top four lubricant companies are expected to merge into two entities by 2017, events that could significantly reduce competition. Foreign brand ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE agreed to acquire Delaware-based Ultrachem, which produces and markets specialty synthetic lubricants for the compressor original eq ...

American Refining Group committed to a 33.3 percent equity investment in Novvi LLC – a joint venture of Amyris and Cosan – and, through it ...

Gazprom Neft acquired Rospolychem Group, a Russian manufacturer of specialty oils such as aviation lubricants and rolling oils whose customers include ...

Industrial lubricant giant Houghton International acquired metalworking fluids manufacturer Wallover Oil for an undisclosed amount, part of an aggress ...