ExxonMobils Nancy Carlson answers our questions about the high-tech world of jet engine oils.

As China seeks to transform itself from the worlds factory into a producer of value-added goods, the countrys appetite for sophisticated greases is gr ...

Boris Kamchev reports on Russias flagging lubricants market.

Design changes made to create a quiet, comfortable environment for drivers and passengers allow new noises to be heard when plastic, leather and rubbe ...

Concerns about health, safety and the environment are forcing metalworking fluid formulators to find alternative biocides to replace boric acid, boron ...

The Nigerian lubricant market has an estimated local consumption in excess of 540 million liters per year, but is plagued by lack of standardization. ...

Lisa Tocci examines the effect of tight lithium supplies on grease suppliers.

Abu Dhabis state-owned petroleum products distribution firm will open a lubricants and greases plant by 2022 at Khalifa Ports Khalifa Industrial Zone ...

Corrosion inhibitor demand in the United States is projected to rise 3.1 percent per year and reach $2.8 billion by 2020, a new study by Freedonia Gro ...

Q8Oils, the downstream arm of Kuwait Petroleum International, last week opened its expanded and upgraded 111,000-metric tons per year lube blending pl ...

Universal Lubricants sold its lubes manufacturing business and sales network to distributor PetroChoice and carved out its rerefining, used oil and en ...

Fuchs Petrolub said yesterday it acquired Chevrons worldwide white oils and food machinery lubricants business, which will be integrated into Fuchs Lu ...

More than 75 percent of the worlds lubricating grease is thickened with lithium hydroxide or lithium complex soap - but over 90 percent of the grease ...

Japanese metalworking fluids manufacturer Yushiro Chemical Industry Co. expects to complete construction of two plants in China in the second half of ...

Suppliers of metal alloys and metal removal fluids are waiting to see if the European Parliament will tighten limits on the use of lead in steel, alum ...

Gazpromneft-Lubricants combined sales of base oils and lubricants rose by 11 percent to 528,000 tons in 2015, driven by increased domestic and foreign ...

Lubricant demand in the United States is projected to increase 0.3 percent annually to 2.4 billion gallons by 2020, according to a new study by Freedo ...

This ancient enemy eats away $2.5 trillion of global GDP each year, but advances in corrosion control are adding new weapons to industrys arsenal.

Global lubricants demand is stalled at 36 million metric tons a year, the same as 2007. As disruptive technologies emerge, business-as-usual can only ...

Clariant recently started up additional capacity for phosphate esters at its chemicals manufacturing site in Gendorf, Germany. Phosphate esters are co ...