As the vehicle parc modernizes in Latin America, there is a widening gap between engine oils that new vehicles require and what is available in the ma ...

When will ILSAC GF-7 make its debut, and what updates might it include? Steve Haffner weighs in.

Are quick lubes on their way out, or can they manage to stay relevant for years to come? Steve Swedberg weighs in.

Lubricant demand in nine major Association of Southeast Asia Nations countries is projected to grow by a compound annual rate of 2.1% to more than 3.5 ...

Demand for passenger car motor oil is on the decline. Tom Glenn discusses how this trend may affect lubricant formulations as well as the companies th ...

Western oil companies may have pulled out of Russia, but they remain among the country’s most recognized motor oil brands, a recent survey found. In ...

Chevron Oronite achieved final victory this week in a long-running engine oil patent dispute with Infineum when the companies agreed to stop pursuing ...

Weather can do a lot of damage to cars. How can lubricants help to manage the mischief?

With electric cars becoming the focus for most vehicle manufacturers, can the lubricants industry continue to sustain the various engine oil approval ...

Lower viscosity grades seem to have taken over the PCMO market. Will engine oil viscosity trend even lower in the coming years?

The Indian lubricants market took a big hit during the pandemic. How has it bounced back, and how might it grow in the next few years?

Global lubricant demand jumped 8.3% last year, recovering most of what the market lost during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, an official fro ...

Russia produced around 600,000 metric tons of finished lubricants in 2021, a slight increase from the previous year, according to recently released go ...

Steve Swedberg clears up some misconceptions about gasoline and discusses how changes to final formulations can affect lubricants.

After a pandemic-induced recession in 2020, lubricant demand in Poland rebounded last year as passenger cars returned to the road and motorists resume ...

BASF and Lanxess share how they are contributing to an all-electric future.

Georgia imported 18,860 tons of motor oils in 2021, a 1.2% drop compared to the year before, and a trade organization said the country’s motorists a ...

More than half of United Kingdom drivers responding to a recent survey said they have delayed vehicle maintenance such as engine oil changes during th ...

Making an Engine Oil Every time you purchase or install a quart of engine oil, you are the end point of a manufacturing chain that includes oil, ad ...

A perfect storm has been gathering in the lubricants industry for some time: There has been increasing pressure from governments to lower vehicle emis ...