Shell and Mobil remain two of the three most popular motor oil brands in Russia, despite Shell and ExxonMobil exiting the country following its 2022 i ...

As electrification takes deeper roots, could hybrids cushion the inevitable blow to automotive lubricant blenders?

Tom Glenn explains what more can be done to accelerate demand for synthetic lubricants.

S-Oil is contracting Gulf Lubricants Oil India Ltd. to blend and distribute its finished lubes in India – the first time S-Oil lubes have been manuf ...

Low-viscosity motor oils are losing ground in Russia at a time when many Western motor oil and car brands have exited the market, leaving voids filled ...

Passenger car motor oil has been trending toward lower viscosity, but how low is too low?

Western motor oil brands continue to lose shares of sales in and around Moscow, while domestic and Korean brands have taken up slack since last summer ...

As competition ramps up for business with original equipment manufacturers, Chinese lubricant companies are working to differentiate themselves while ...

Although market volume has shrunk in recent years, the value of the PCMO market has actually increased. Tom Glenn explains why.

An Italian mutual funds investment firm acquired a majority stake in Italian lubricants and greases producer Pakelo Motor Oil, which said the deal wil ...

Exorbitant prices for car parts and accessories are discouraging Russian motorists from visiting large stations for service, including oil changes, an ...

United States exports of automotive, diesel and marine engine oils increased 18% in 2022, while imports of the same products climbed 38%, according to ...

A Russian motorist group complained to the central government last week that the country faces a growing shortage of automotive engine oils and qualit ...

Motul and Valvoline were the top-rated brands in Poland last year according to a survey conducted throughout the year by an automotive service and new ...

Will e-fuels extend of the reign of the internal combustion engine? Trevor Gauntlett investigates.

Police in the Brazilian state of Goias, in a joint operation with government agencies, on May 22 seized more than 4,000 liters of engine oil at a dist ...

Domestic lubricant demand in Germany declined 8% to 51,416 tons in February, with steep decreases occuring in metalworking oils, machine oils, hydraul ...

The Union of the European Lubricants Industry announced this month that it helped resolve a complaint about Mercedes Benz saying that customers were r ...

Russian demand for automotive engine oils stagnated at around 414,000 metric tons in 2022, with the lion’s share bought and stockpiled for future us ...

How might changes in fuel affect the lubricants used in automotive engines? Steve Swedberg investigates.