The engine tests for PC-11 heavy-duty diesel oils are finally locking into place, but a 2016 debut for the category upgrade is fading in the rearview ...

China's lube industry has over 4,000 suppliers -- too many says Wu Xinghe of the feisty independent China Rerun. To thrive, you need the right deal.

Steve Swedberg looks back at the bumpy history of synthetic engine oils.

Tom Glenn scans the horizon of synthetic engine oils for what happens next, when theyre not-so-special anymore.

South Koreas refiners are working to strengthen their lubricant retail networks using a variety of strategies, from a new chain of oil change centers ...

Shanghai-based DongHao Oil Group announced yesterday it entered a debt reconstruction agreement that it hopes will be its first step toward exiting a ...

North Americas finished lubricants consumption will remain little changed, with 0.5 percent compounded annual growth from 2013, to just shy of 3.1 bil ...

JX Nippon Oil & Energy USA Inc. will increase its lubricants blending plant capacity in Alabama from 34 million liters per year to 56 million lit ...

Asia-Pacific accounted for more than half of the 2.1 million ton total of global marine lubricant demand in 2013, consultancy Kline & Co. estimated, a ...

Indonesias PT Federal Karyatama (FKT) will consolidate and relocate its two blending plants in East Jakarta to one new plant in western Java by 2017, ...

ExxonMobil announced Friday that it is building a grease plant at its site in Jurong, Singapore. The company did not disclose the new facilitys capaci ...

Expansion of Chinas vehicle population will probably continue to slow, but the market still has room for significant growth, an industry insider told ...

Lisa Tocci covers global grease production.

Global marine lubricant consumption will stay flat, with 1 percent compound annual growth per year from 2013, reaching about 2.3 million tons by 2023, ...

Russias Gazprom Neft Lubricants and Rosmorport, a major icebreaker fleet operator, signed a marine oils supply deal as part of a long-term strategy to ...

RSC Bio Solutions opened a warehouse in Rotterdam, Netherlands, to distribute its biobased lubricants to European customers, particularly in the marin ...

Japanese companies Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. and Idemitsu Kosan Co. launched new construction machinery lubricants in Indonesia, not only to ...

Chinese lubricant marketer Lopal Tech unveiled a new strategy based on supply of green lubricants billed as helping motorists improve fuel economy.

Africa is a small but growing consumer of finished lubricants, but government spending on infrastructure will boost demand in the continents lubricant ...

Tungsten disulfide nanoparticles hold promise as extreme pressure and antiwear additives in grease.