Demand for higher performance products means higher demand for additives, but not all components will benefit equally.

Can very-long-chain chlorinated paraffins replace their cousins, which have been targeted by EPA?

Petroleos Mexicanos recently divested its 49 percent stake in Mexicana de Lubricantes, ending a 22-year joint venture with one of Mexicos largest lubr ...

PC-11, the next heavy-duty engine oil category from the American Petroleum Institute, cleared several of its final hurdles this month and is being for ...

Ashland entered the quick lube space in several Pacific Northwest markets by snapping up the 89-site Oil Can Henrys chain. The acquisition of the Port ...

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

Asian demand for transmission fluids used in mining and construction equipment is poised to stagnate against a backdrop of slower sales in China, an i ...

Shell Lubricants, Gordon Murray Design and Geo Technology are preparing to release their Project M urban concept car by mid-2016. The car is the first ...

Globalization in the raw materials and additives markets is having a significant impact on lubricant manufacturing companies. The consequences of the ...

Emeka Umejei examines the market potential for biobased lubricants in Africa.

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

Shell Chemical LP will increase production of linear alpha olefins (LAO) at its manufacturing plant in Geismar, La., adding 425,000 metric tons per ye ...

BRB International B.V. and Tiarco Chemical entered a commercial and technical partnership to collaborate on the development and supply of lubricant ad ...

ExxonMobil is reentering the Vietnamese finished lubricants market via two distributors after selling its blending plant and most other lube assets th ...

A high-ranking Sri Lanka official recently called for the country to do away with rules that make it more difficult to import lubricants.

MOSCOW – Russian lubricant and base oil demand combined fell around 6 percent to 1.6 million metric tons in 2014, and it is highly likely to con ...

JOHANNESBURG – The stabilizing global economy will result in lubricant demand remaining flat at around 40 million metric tons by 2020, but deman ...

Russia's Gazpromneft-Lubricants is entering China with a strategy of using quick lube centers to sell premium lubricants.

HAMBURG – Shell Lubricants, Gordon Murray Design and Geo Technology engine specialists said during a press briefing last week that their Project ...

Timothy Brown became chief executive officer of American Refining Group, succeeding Harry Halloran, the companys board of directors announced. Before ...