Finished Lubricants

Chevron Lubricants Lanka and Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. both reported higher profits for the quarter ended June 30, while Castrol India posted a d ...

ACEA 2014 is coming, with widely anticipated revisions for performance in the presence of biofuels. Its time to get prepared.

The grease market is grappling with two opposing trends. Demand is increasing because of industrial and vehicle growth in developing countries, but it ...

Synthetic lubricant demand is expected to grow more than 3 percent per year in Europe and by more than 4 percent per year in Africa and the Middle Eas ...

Marketing Matters

August 12, 2014

Kunal Mahajan reviews the marine lubricants market.

Last Word

August 12, 2014

In most systems, the critical factor is a lubricants ability to form a hydrodynamic film to reduce friction and protect against wear.

The Georgian market is glutted with fake automotive lubricants and spare auto parts, the South Caucasus countrys Union of Oil Product Importers told L ...

Australia might be known as the land of opportunity, and its lubricant market has attractions, but it also has risks for lube suppliers.

Taken together, the region is dynamic, daunting, fragmented -- a real mixed bag. Get a grip by viewing each country's needs individually, a Lubrizol e ...

The Petroleum Association of Japan forecasts that lubricant demand in Japan will increase 0.5 percent this year to 1,539,000 kiloliters.

Newly formed Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. is scheduled to be listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Thursday, completing its demerger from Gulf Oil Cor ...

The base oil and lubricant businesses of S-Oil and SK both reported significant improvements in their second quarter financial performance, compared t ...

Faced with pressure to provide safe products but with little access to food-grade lubricants, some food and beverage processors in China are reportedl ...

Evonik Oil Additives invested in and will collaborate with Biosynthetic Technologies, which makes base oils synthesized from fatty acids found in vege ...

Shell is laying off 17 of the 71 full-time employees at its lubricant plant in Brockville, Canada, at the end of August, a company spokesperson confir ...

Bike owners in the world's third-largest motorcycle market make their own decisions about which engine oils to use, and a growing number believe thinn ...

JX Nippon Oil & Energy announced a 50-50 joint venture with Tide Water Oil to manufacture and market lubricants in India.

The lubricant market in Pakistan is often overlooked, but closer examination shows it to be sizeable and potentially lucrative. Lube demand is strong ...

Last Word

July 20, 2014

Boris Kamchev reviews the state of Russias finished lubricants market.

WD-40 Earnings, Sales Up

July 16, 2014

WD-40 posted net income of $10.4 million for the quarter ending May 31, up 1 percent from the year-ago period, with net sales up 3 percent at $95.7 mi ...