Lubricant production in Japan declined 11% in January, while domestic sales of lubricants increased 3%, according to data released yesterday by a gove ...

Nigerian lube blender Conoil reported a slightly lower gross profit and a 42% drop in sales revenue for its lubricants segment for the full year. The ...

Although Germany’s domestic lubricant demand declined 7% in November, the largest category – motor oils – posted a 5% year-on-year increase, and ...

Castrol India Ltd. reported higher net profit for 2023 and the quarter ended Dec. 31, while the quarter brought double- or triple-digit gains in profi ...

Perstorp inaugurated a pentaerythritol production plant in western India on Feb. 20, saying it will meet growing regional demand for the chemical, whi ...

Amid early signs of a thaw in international relations, Venezuela’s economy and lubricant market have begun to rebound, stirring renewed interest by ...

The global lubricants industry is facing new challenges from geopolitical and economic events, such as wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, supply rou ...

Nigerian blender MRS Oil Nigeria Plc reported a 154% jump in gross profit for its lubes segment for the full year, on a 17% increase in sales revenue, ...

Uzbekistan oil and gas company Saneg acquired CGC Lubricants Italy S.p.A., an Italian lube maker, to expand its footprint on the European markets and ...

South Korea’s GS Caltex reported higher operating profit for its base oil and lubricants business for full-year 2023 despite a decline in the fourth ...

Passenger car sales in China rose 11% in 2023, while sales of new energy models surged by 38%, according to the China Association of Car Manufacturers ...

St. Louis-based lubricants blender Schaeffer Manufacturing Co. acquired the lubricants business of Hicks Oils & Hicksgas Inc., in southern Illinoi ...

Valvoline Inc. reported a 114% jump in operating income and a 12% increase in net sales revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31, which is the first quar ...

Earth Alive Clean Technologies, a Canadian engineering company in the biochemical sector, acquired Interlube Inc. a Quebec-based producer of biodegrad ...

BP reported a triple-digit increase in fourth-quarter profitability for its Castrol lubricants business and a slight improvement for the full year 202 ...

Turkmenistan’s only base oil plant has been running at less than half of its 150,000 metric tons per year capacity due to a halted project to modern ...

SKF opened a research and development and manufacturing site for lubrication management equipment in Taicang, China, last month. It is one of several ...

Operating income was down for the fourth quarter and full year for both SK Enmove’s and S-Oil’s base oil and lubricants businesses, while Hyundai ...

Aminol, one of the largest lubricant marketers in Azerbaijan, produced 46,000 metric tons of finished products in 2023, most of which shipped to forei ...

Lukoil’s refinery in Volgograd, Russia, site of a major lubricant manufacturing complex, was struck last weekend by a drone purportedly launched by ...