Shells Jan Toschka discusses how ship owners are taking a hard look at lube costs.

ExxonMobil and Phillips 66 each informed customers this week of finished lubricant price cuts that will take effect in early February. Along with redu ...

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network announced Jan. 8 that it will begin supplying and marketing marine lubricants and fuels in Germany this month. Operati ...

Japans Mitsui & Co. Ltd. will invest U.S. $44 million in Malaysian-owned oleochemical manufacturer Taiko Palm-Oleo (Zhangjiagang) Co. Ltd., located in ...

Asia accounted for 40 percent of the globe's U.S. $8.8 billion in demand for metalworking fluids in 2013, Frost & Sullivan concluded in a recent analy ...

Frost & Sullivan estimated the global metalworking fluids market will reach $12.1 billion revenue in 2020, up 37.5 percent from $8.8 billion in 2 ...

Industry observers say biolubricants are unlikely to take off in Asia unless governments provide incentives or mandates for their use. Malaysia appear ...

Russia's Gazprom Neft Lubricants expanded its presence in Southeast Asia by signing a memorandum of cooperation and a supply deal with key Taiwanese a ...

Demand is slowing almost everywhere for finished lubricants and base oils alike -- due in no small part to rapidly advancing quality and performance, ...

The association is busy renewing the licenses for 12,000 products and shepherding two critical category upgrades, all while battling a worrisome spike ...

Reform of the country's energy sector in 2014 opened the door for new business opportunities and players, but also ushered in a climate of uncertainty ...

Automotive editor Steve Swedberg wonders what to expect in the way of light and heavy-duty oil developments in 2015.

Marketing maven Tom Glenn goes shopping for motor oil and finds store shelves groaning with choices for consumers (and retailers).

MADRID – Despite its recovering economy, Spains robust capacity for producing base oils and finished lubes far exceeds the countrys demand. With ...

Lubricant producers in Nigeria believe that declining oil prices will not impact finished lubricant prices in the country, saying devaluation of the l ...

United Arab Emirates-based car dealer Al Habtoor Motors and Russian lube maker Lukoil signed a partnership deal that will expand Lukoils lubricants di ...

A free-trade zone scheduled to be created in Southeast Asia next year will probably boost lubricant demand in the region, industry analysts say. It co ...

Sichuan province-based Zhonghai Jinxiang Co. plans to build a facility that will make base oils for industrial lubricants using feedstock from an exis ...

Total announced that it will build a grease plant at its lubricant factory in Tianjin, China. The new plant will have capacity to make 5,000 metric to ...

FAJARDO, Puerto Rico-With feedstock costs rising and demand for used oil-derived products sinking, the used oil market is upside down, said recycling ...