Finished Lubricants

Gulf Oil International is working to expand its geographical reach in China. The lubricant blender and marketer signed up a few dozen Chinese distribu ...

While most stakeholders acknowledge that the next generation of heavy-duty engine oils cant roll out sooner than March 2017, representatives from the ...

Frost & Sullivan projects revenue from oleochemicals manufactured in Southeast Asia - including fatty acids and fatty alcohols used in lubricants manu ...

Naco Lubrication Co. and Luan Group are building a plant in Chinas Shanxi Province that will use coal-to-liquids feedstocks to manufacture polyalphaol ...

Petronas announced new sales strategies and expansion plans for gaining market share in Thailand and India.

Heavy Going for HD Oils

October 6, 2014

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.

Automotive

October 6, 2014

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

Need To Know

October 6, 2014

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

Koreans Push Engine Oils

September 30, 2014

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 ...

No Volume Growth For N. America

September 24, 2014

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 ...

Marketing Matters

September 17, 2014

Lisa Tocci covers global grease production.

Global Marine Lube Growth Flat

September 17, 2014

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 ...