Finished Lubricants

Iranol Co. and Malaysias Petronas signed an agreement to cooperate on production of engine oils and industrial lubricants in Iran. The companies coope ...

Gazpromneft Lubricants finished product sales in Central Asia rose by 35 percent in 2016, driven by increased tie-ups within the regions industries, t ...

A newly published reanalysis of a 2010 study widely used to assess the hazards of formaldehyde found no link between exposure to the chemical and leuk ...

Chinas automotive lubricants suppliers have increasingly turned to aftermarket channels such as oil change workshops to gain market share as nationwid ...

STUTTGART, Germany – Lubricant marketers could face disruptions to the ways they do business in coming years due to growing popularity of electr ...

Q1 Earnings Wrap-up

April 26, 2017

Valvoline reported increased operating income, while operating profits were down for South Korean base oil refiners SK Lubricants and S-Oil for the qu ...

ATIEL, the European lubricant industrys technical association, released a new compliance policy to support lubricant marketers that make valid perform ...

Valvoline and Citgo informed U.S. customers of upcoming finished lubricant price increases that take place in mid-May and early June. Valvoline is mar ...

Engine tests are the most expensive and time-consuming parts of engine oil specifications, so its no surprise that developers take time to consider ho ...

Less than half of do-it-yourself consumers report purchasing motor oil on promotion at auto specialty retailers in the United States, according to a r ...

A California agency is working to adopt regulatory language on a law prohibiting the sale of any engine oil deemed obsolete by the American Petroleum ...

With lithium prices hot on their heels, grease producers are chasing after less-costly thickeners.

Natural gas is fueling ever more of the worlds increasing energy demands. Stationary engines havent escaped this trend, and oil formulators have to ke ...

Eastern Europe increased its share of the continents total lubricant demand from 43 percent in 2007 to 45 percent in 2016. Industry insiders believe t ...

Last Word

April 17, 2017

Boris Kamchev reports on Russias synthetic lubricants market.

Africas grease demand is expanding due to agricultural, industrial, infrastructure and mining projects. However, grease blending capacity on the conti ...

Ever since the easing of international sanctions on Iran, experts have speculated about the role the country will play in oil markets. Iran boasts the ...

Quaker Chemical announced last week an agreement to acquire Houghton International, a deal that will combine two of the worlds largest suppliers of me ...

Mixed Results for WD-40

April 12, 2017

WD-40 reported net income of $12.4 million for the quarter ending Feb. 28, down 10 percent from a year earlier, with net sales up 2 percent at $96.5 m ...

Shell and Phillips 66 notified U.S. customers of upcoming price increases on finished lubricants that take place around mid-May. Shell informed custom ...