Finished Lubricants

Russian lube maker Gazpromneft-Lubricants sold 900 tons of finished lubes in Georgia in 2016, or 20 percent more than the year before. The South Cauca ...

Synthetics Expected to Grow

January 11, 2017

Global demand for all lubricants has been projected to rise slowly in coming years, but industry sources forecast significantly faster growth for synt ...

As environmental regulations and stricter fuel economy mandates continue to stack on truck manufacturers, API Group III base oils are increasingly cat ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — While energy reform in Mexico hasnt had a direct effect on the lubricants market, its indirect impact is proving to be posit ...

Plastic Pulls Double Duty

December 22, 2016

Shouldnt every component in your grease pull its weight? Polymer thickeners not only provide structure, they also help lubricate, new research reveals ...

As Chinas OEMs scatter to Southeast Asia, many metalworking fluid producers are following - but one company has found its niche on the home front.

Emissions regulations and fuel efficiency demands are forcing marine engine manufacturers to get creative fast, and cylinder oils have to keep up.

GF-6 Faces Two-year Lag

December 21, 2016

Many attending the Auto-Oil Advisory Panel meeting earlier this month in Orlando, Florida, were braced for unpleasant news, but the reality was still ...

Chevron Invests in Novvi

December 21, 2016

Chevron made an equity investment into Novvi LLC – a joint venture of Amyris Inc., Cosan S.A. and American Refining Group – to gain access ...

MOSCOW – Eastern Europes lubricant demand stalled during the past few years due to adverse economic conditions, according to an industry insider ...

The concept of business sustainability – which has gained increasing traction in recent years – is beginning to take shape for the lubrica ...

Solid Pay for Lab Managers

December 14, 2016

Laboratory and research and development managers reap the rewards for providing the formulations that keep a lubricants business going, averaging $133 ...

GF-6 May Be Delayed to 2019

December 14, 2016

ORLANDO, Florida – ILSAC GF-6, the passenger car engine oil upgrade now under development, has slipped behind schedule again and may not get its ...

Mount Meru plans to open three blending plants, and Mogas will launch one larger blending facility over the next two years in several countries in Eas ...

Russian oil major Gazprom Neft said Monday it will set up new lubricants production in Western or Central Europe to reduce the growing volumes being s ...

Discussions about moving major markets in the Middle East to higher value lubricants have seemingly gone on forever. Today, the impetus to make that h ...

Lubricants make up less than 1 percent of a plants operating cost, but they can directly influence more than one-half of plant maintenance costs. Comb ...

Global consumption of metalworking fluids will swell in coming years as increased industrialization in Asia-Pacific boosts the regions share to nearly ...

Netherlands-based VPS Lubricants will start blending lubricants in Rwanda in the first quarter of 2017. Erik Vermeer, commercial director for VPS Inte ...

Quaker Chemical Corp., one of the worlds biggest suppliers of metalworking fluids, purchased Lubricor Inc., a Canadian company offering similar produc ...