Russia’s war against Ukraine and resultant sanctions have buffeted the former’s base oil and lubes industries.

Investments in energy infrastructure — from electric vehicle charging to expanded power grids — all present challenges for lubricants.

Cummins Approves Valvoline Blue One Solution Gen 2 Blue One Solution Gen 2, the first heavy-duty engine oil approved by enginer maker Cummins, Inc. ...

Chevron Corp to Buy Brazilian Fuel Retailer Chevron Corp. is in advanced talks to acquire a 30% stake in Brazil’s fuel distributor Ipiranga, a mo ...

Valvoline Debuts Heavy-Duty Engine Oil With 100,000-Mile Drain Approval Valvoline Global Operations introduced Premium Blue One Solution Gen 2 heav ...

Shell agreed to sell Jiffy Lube International and its subsidiary Premium Velocity Auto to an affiliate of Monomoy Capital Partners for $1.3 billion, t ...

Repsol’s Bike Oils Hit the Track Repsol Lubricants introduced the Extreme range of motorcycle oils, developed using the same polyalphaolefin-bas ...

Russia’s lubricant market declined slightly in 2025 after several years of post-sanctions growth, according to analysis presented at a recent indust ...

Vertex Expands Group III Portfolio with VTX-R6 Vertex Energy Inc. has added VTX-R6, a 6 centiStoke API Group III rerefined base ...

Researchers measured carbon footprints of different greases to find what factors matter most. Their conclusions: Choice of base stock and thickeners ...

Azerbaijan exported 30,252 metric tons of finished lubricating oils in 2025, according to calculations by local news agency Report.az based on officia ...

Thomas Glenn observes that synthetic blends are falling from the middle tiers of the passenger car motor oil market.

Petrolimex Rebrands to Highlight Digital and Green Energy Shift Vietnam National Petroleum Group, known as Petrolimex, has launched a new brand ide ...

An email seen by Lube Report indicates that U.K. trade remedy duties on certain lubricants may be unenforceable in Northern Ireland because of the uni ...

Ardova Plc introduced a new lubricant, AP Supermax, on Thursday in Lagos as part of a strategy to expand its presence in Nigeria’s downstream mass m ...

Electric vehicle manufacturers have a big wishlist for the next generation of driveline fluids — copper compatibility, copper protection, improved ...

Co-developed by Tongyi Lubricants, the group standard “Technical Specification for Green Design Product Assessment of Degradable Lubricants for Hydr ...

The United Kingdom Lubricants Association has published new guidance governing how performance and safety claims are marketed for metalworking fluids, ...

The lubricant industry is undergoing structural changes driven by both technological and regulatory developments: EV shift: Markets mostly in Euro ...

The South Coast Air Quality Management District is proposing to phase out the use of p-chlorobenzotrifluoride and tert-butyl acetate in metalworking f ...