Asian shipping companies account for just over half of global demand for marine lubricants, an industry insider said during a conference in Amsterdam ...

Drain intervals are rising and engine oil sales are falling. Roberto Rangel suggests using mathematical tools to uncover the hidden factors and niche ...

Latin American end users are eagerly buying gas-fueled reciprocating engines to get the electricity they crave. And that stokes an ongoing appetite fo ...

Many metal removal fluids are diluted with purified water to form long-life emulsions. But is the price of purity more breakage of drills, reamers and ...

Japanese petroleum heavyweight JX Nippon Oil & Energy plans to set up a wholly-owned lube oil sales company in Mexico by January 2015 to serve gr ...

Gazprom Neft Lubricants signed a marine oil supply deal and has started to offer marine lubes in bulk quantities at a key Baltic Sea passenger port in ...

Synthetic lubricant demand in Asia-Pacific should rise in coming years as governments toughen regulations on fuel economy and vehicle emissions, an Ex ...

Working to emerge from a financial crisis, Chinese lubricant marketer DongHao Oil Group is receiving financial support from distributors and planning ...

Average ticket totals for oil change-plus facilities – places that change oil, but not as their primary business – reached more than $90, ...

Dow Chemical agreed to sell Angus Chemical to private equity investment firm Golden Gate Capital for $1.2 billion. Subject to approvals, the transacti ...

Sinopec recently signed a deal with the Italian racing lubes supplier Pakelo to serve Chinese sports car owners. Under the agreement, Sinopec will be ...

Cosco Shipping Co.'s subsidiary, Guangzhou Ocean Shipping Co., has agreed to increase its investment in Total's three, soon-to-be combined lubricant c ...

Prospects for Africas economic growth are on the rise with a 5.2 percent increase in GDP expected in 2014. As a result, General Petroleum and other gl ...

The last decade has witnessed a great deal of study of how grease performs at high temperatures. Two industry experts report on the latest approaches ...

Russian grease maker Intesmo has pledged to reduce the countrys reliance on imported greases and to step up aggressively in regional and European mark ...

Dick Beercheck reports on the progress with GMs Dexos1 update.

Lubricants and metalworking fluids manufacturer and distributor Eastern Oil Co. completed a 10,000 square foot facility expansion and renovation proje ...

While biolubricants accounted for less than 1 percent of the global finished lubricants market in 2013, the segment is experiencing above-average grow ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. said it is nearing completion of an expansion at its 75,000 tons per year lubricant blending plant in Silvassa, India. ...

Global lubricant demand – including process oil – is expected to grow about 1.4 percent per year to 45.5 million tons by 2023, up from 39. ...