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 ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Significant New Rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act for alkanes C12-13, chloro, a short-chai ...

SAN DIEGO — Last week, the New Category Development Team took up the ticklish issue of how to label the coming diesel engine oil upgrade for con ...

Allegheny Petroleum Products last week opened a blending plant in Houston that will initially produce fuel additives and soon industrial lubricants. B ...

Lubricant demand in South Korea is forecast to increase 1.2 percent in 2015, the Korea Lubricating Oil Industries Association said in its annual repor ...

Boris Kamchev reviews the outlook for Russias lubricants market.

Emerging markets account for the majority of commercial vehicle demand today with about one-half of all trucks now operating in undeveloped countries. ...

Driven by the growing need for environmentally friendly tires and other rubber products, Russian process oils manufacturer Orgkhim plans to expand its ...

A New Jersey government agency issued a statewide ban Thursday on 19 motor oils, saying a state-contracted lab found each failed to conform to the vis ...

Malaysias Petronas Lubricants International introduced the industrys first 0W-20 heavy-duty diesel engine oil in Italy last week after co-developing i ...

Asia is a very minor market for the finished products, with demand that pales compared to Europe and the Americas. However, biolubricant suppliers say ...

Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC inaugurated a 45 million liter blending plant and warehouse complex in Sapugaskanda, Sri Lanka, last week.