Transformer Oils

Indian Companies Weather Volatility

Indian Companies Weather Volatility

Lube Report Asia - March 3, 2023

Volatility in key factors – including base oil and crude oil prices, additives costs and the Indian rupee – made mar ...

Gandhar Plans Public Stock Offering

Gandhar Plans Public Stock Offering

Lube Report Asia - January 20, 2023

Petroleum products supplier Gandhar Oil Refinery has announced a plan to conduct an initial public stock offering in whi ...

Profits Down for Korean Blender Michang

Profits Down for Korean Blender Michang

Lube Report Asia - January 6, 2023

South Korean lubricants blender Michang Oil Ind. Co. Ltd. reported a 45% drop in net profit and a 4% increase in sales f ...

Pertamina Fosters Domestic Electrical Oils

Pertamina Fosters Domestic Electrical Oils

Lube Report Asia - December 23, 2022

PT Pertamina Lubricants announced recently that it has entered a partnership with Indonesia’s national power company t ...

Lubref Recruits Producers for LubeHub

Lubref Recruits Producers for LubeHub

Lube Report EMEA - November 22, 2022

Luberef signed memorandums of understanding with several companies this month, agreeing to explore the possibility of co ...

Profits Rise for Castrol India, Apar

Profits Rise for Castrol India, Apar

Lube Report Asia - November 4, 2022

Castrol India Ltd. reported slightly higher profits and sales for the quarter ending Sept. 30, saying it managed pricing ...

Nynas Launches Rerefined Transformer Oil

Nynas Launches Rerefined Transformer Oil

Lube Report EMEA - September 6, 2022

Nynas AB announced last week that it has started to rerefine used electrical transformer oils at its base oil plant in N ...

Apar Profit Doubled in Quarter

Apar Profit Doubled in Quarter

Lube Report Asia - July 29, 2022

Indian transformer oil supplier Apar Industries reported increases of more than 100% in net profit and a 24% jump in rev ...

Thailand Develops Palm Transformer Oil

Thailand Develops Palm Transformer Oil

Lube Report Asia - July 15, 2022

Thailand’s National Energy Technology Center is heading a consortium working to develop biobased transformer oils form ...

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Slicker Buys Hydrodec Rerefinery

Lube Report Americas - November 24, 2021

Transformer oil recycler Hydrodec and its Ohio rerefinery were acquired by United Kingdom-based Slicker Recycling Ltd., ...

Costs Nick Castrol India, Gulf Oil

Costs Nick Castrol India, Gulf Oil

Lube Report Asia - November 5, 2021

Castrol India Ltd. and Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. both reported lower profits and higher sales for the quarter endin ...

Profits up for SK, Castrol India, Apar

Profits up for SK, Castrol India, Apar

Lube Report Asia - August 6, 2021

Profits for South Korean base oil refiner SK Lubricants skyrocketed more than 500% for the quarter ended June 30, and pr ...

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Australia Court: Wind Down Hydrodec

Lube Report Asia - July 16, 2021

A court last month ordered that transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec Group’s dormant Australian subsidiary be wound down ...

Profits Up for Savita, Down for Continental

Profits Up for Savita, Down for Continental

Lube Report Asia - July 2, 2021

For the quarter and fiscal year ending March 31, Savita Oil Technologies Ltd. reported higher net profit, while Continen ...

Profits Rise for Indian Companies

Profits Rise for Indian Companies

Lube Report Asia - February 12, 2021

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd., Apar Industries’ transformer oil and specialty oil segment, Balmer Lawrie’s grease s ...

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Pandemic, Finances Burden Hydrodec

Lube Report EMEA - February 9, 2021

United Kingdom-based transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec Group Plc continues working on a refinancing package for its pla ...

Apar Profits Up, Lanka IOC’s Slump

Apar Profits Up, Lanka IOC’s Slump

Lube Report Asia - November 6, 2020

For the quarter ending Sept. 30, India’s Apar Industries posted higher net profit and Sri Lanka’s Lanka IOC reported ...