Finished Lubricants

Briefly Noted

March 11, 2026

Repsol’s Bike Oils Hit the Track Repsol Lubricants introduced the Extreme range of motorcycle oils, developed using the same polyalphaolefin-bas ...

Russia’s lubricant market declined slightly in 2025 after several years of post-sanctions growth, according to analysis presented at a recent indust ...

Briefly Noted

March 4, 2026

Vertex Expands Group III Portfolio with VTX-R6 Vertex Energy Inc. has added VTX-R6, a 6 centiStoke API Group III rerefined base ...

Researchers measured carbon footprints of different greases to find what factors matter most. Their conclusions: Choice of base stock and thickeners ...

Azerbaijan exported 30,252 metric tons of finished lubricating oils in 2025, according to calculations by local news agency Report.az based on officia ...

Thomas Glenn observes that synthetic blends are falling from the middle tiers of the passenger car motor oil market.

Briefly Noted

February 11, 2026

Petrolimex Rebrands to Highlight Digital and Green Energy Shift Vietnam National Petroleum Group, known as Petrolimex, has launched a new brand ide ...

An email seen by Lube Report indicates that U.K. trade remedy duties on certain lubricants may be unenforceable in Northern Ireland because of the uni ...

Ardova Plc introduced a new lubricant, AP Supermax, on Thursday in Lagos as part of a strategy to expand its presence in Nigeria’s downstream mass m ...

Electric vehicle manufacturers have a big wishlist for the next generation of driveline fluids — copper compatibility, copper protection, improved ...

Co-developed by Tongyi Lubricants, the group standard “Technical Specification for Green Design Product Assessment of Degradable Lubricants for Hydr ...

The United Kingdom Lubricants Association has published new guidance governing how performance and safety claims are marketed for metalworking fluids, ...

The lubricant industry is undergoing structural changes driven by both technological and regulatory developments: EV shift: Markets mostly in Euro ...

The South Coast Air Quality Management District is proposing to phase out the use of p-chlorobenzotrifluoride and tert-butyl acetate in metalworking f ...

The sustainability movement is viewed as a big opportunity for businesses offering biolubricants — a stimulator of government policy and business an ...

Gleanings from the Industry The process of making lubricants is basically the same regardless of location: Blend base oils with chemical additives ...

HF Sinclair Corp. completed the acquisition of Industrial Oils Unlimited, closing a U.S.$38 million transaction first announced in December 2025. The ...

Fuchs and Windey Innovolts validated the long-term stability of an immersion energy storage system following more than 3,000 hours of continuous testi ...

Dumarey Group, a Belgian automotive engineering services company, and Malaysia’s Petronas Lubricants International have begun experimental testing o ...

Valencia, Spain — Regulatory pressure, tariffs and sanctions, evolving lubricant specifications and rising defense and infrastructure spending are r ...