Demand for synthetic engine oils in the United States is forecast to grow 5 percent per year to 148 million gallons by 2020, with a market value of $2 ...

Global demand for all lubricants has been projected to rise slowly in coming years, but industry sources forecast significantly faster growth for synt ...

Chevron made an equity investment into Novvi LLC – a joint venture of Amyris Inc., Cosan S.A. and American Refining Group – to gain access ...

Asia-Pacific's synthetic lubricants demand will expand at a compound annual rate of more than 6 percent to 2020, with Japan and South Korea leading th ...

Castrol is entering the biobased lubricants market with the launch of its Edge Bio-Synthetic motor oil, the companys first plant-based renewable produ ...

Biochemical company Advonex International anticipates bringing its biobased feedstock to commercial scale by 2019 after receiving funds to develop a 1 ...

Ineos Oligomers said yesterday it will build a 120,000 metric tons per year low viscosity polyalphaolefin facility at an undisclosed location. When it ...

Chinese engine oil buyers have been developing a taste for green lubes. Now consumers are expanding their palates to include biobased ones.

Fuchs Petrolub SE agreed to acquire Delaware-based Ultrachem, which produces and markets specialty synthetic lubricants for the compressor original eq ...

American Refining Group committed to a 33.3 percent equity investment in Novvi LLC – a joint venture of Amyris and Cosan – and, through it ...

Several U.S. government agencies, including the Air Force, are testing the performance of biobased motor oils in non-tactical ground vehicles for poss ...

BASF began making polyalkylene glycol-based base stocks and industrial lubricants at its new facility in Germany in May, positioning the company to ta ...

Demand for synthetic base stocks in India is growing, but the markets price consciousness means that most of the volume increases in coming years will ...

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. said yesterday it reached a final investment decision to expand low-viscosity polyalphaolefin capacity at its Cedar Bayo ...

Perstorp announced recently that it may build a world-scale pentaerythritol factory in India to better position itself to supply the chemical for lubr ...

Biodegradable base stocks have yet to gain much popularity in China, but a growing number of companies are making investments and positioning their bu ...

The U.S. government has reserved over $100 million in loan guarantees for a commercial-scale Biosynthetic Technologies facility that would use fatty a ...

As warranties expire on the first waves of Indonesia's low-cost green cars, independent automobile workshops are likely to see significant growth in t ...

DuPont and Dow Chemical Co., both involved in the lubricants industry, announced plans Friday to merge to form DowDuPont, which would separate into th ...

An official from a biobased lubricants supplier expressed optimism for the potential growth of such products in Africa – especially in agricultu ...