The European Union is working on a revision of its Ecolabel standard for lubricants. Regulators say the proposed changes will strengthen protections f ...

The market for high quality base oils and synthetics in India will expand going forward as automakers strive to meet stringent environmental legislati ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. said on Monday that it acquired Biosynthetic Technologies, a startup that converts sustainable plant oils in ...

When two industries are dependent on the same materials for their products, one will dominate supplies. With the accelerating push for e-mobility, it ...

A Houston private equity firm agreed this month to take an undisclosed stake in contract lubricant blender and packager ZXP Technologies Ltd.

Consumers continued to trade up to higher priced synthetic motor oil in place of cheaper conventional oil, and inflation caused transmission fluid pri ...

Shell informed U.S. customers about a price increase of up to 5 percent on finished lubricants effective Feb. 19, with different effective dates and/o ...

Kline & Co. estimates the global biobased lubricants market will grow at a compound annual rate of 5 percent over the next five years out to 2021 ...

BOLOGNA, Italy – Rising performance demands will force heavy-duty engine oil formulations to shift from API Group II to Group III base stocks an ...

Asian policymakers continual tightening of environmental regulations is expected to help spur biobased lubricants demand growth in the region out to 2 ...

Lubricants in the majority of water resource facilities in South Korea pose threats to public safety and the environment, alleged the Liberty Korea Pa ...

A Chinese ether maker decided to maximize its competitiveness through serving niche markets.

Verdezyne Inc. began constructing a commercial-scale, palm-based dodecanedioic acid manufacturing facility in Iskandar, Malaysia, following a two-year ...

Malaysias KLK Oleo Sdn increased its ester production capacity by 40 percent with the completion of a new plant in Klang, Malaysia.

China may soon welcome a new provider of synthetic lubricants derived from coal-to-liquid base stocks, as Shanxi Luan Taihang Lubricant Co. advances i ...

The Asia-Pacific regions total lube market is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of nearly 4 percent through 2025, a Frost & Sullivan analyst ...

Duties and taxes on synthetic lubricants in Sri Lanka shot up by 31 percent late last year, a move commerce advocate groups and traders say is roiling ...

OG&A BioSpecialties LLC plans to build a 1,000 barrels per day biobased wax and ester production plant in Kentucky by the end of 2017, and expect ...

After picking up at the start of this decade, the penetration of synthetic lubricants in Russia suffered a setback in 2014. Since then the popularity ...

As Indonesias automotive parc continues its forecasted path to over a million units this year, observers say that preference will trend toward synthet ...