The American Petroleum Institute, a trade association that sets standards for the hydrocarbons industry, published a new methodology for lubricants li ...

Base oil production by Lukoil fell 7% last year, while its finished lube output increased 2%, partly driven by its acquisition of Shell’s former bus ...

Spain in 2022 once again rerefined more than three-quarters of its collected used oil back into base stocks, according to the non-profit organization ...

Gross profit for Nigerian blender MRS Oil’s lubricants segment skyrocketed more than 20 fold in the fourth quarter, on a slight decrease in sales re ...

India’s automotive lubricant market has a new player – the country’s largest manufacturer of braking systems. Brakes India Ltd. announced its en ...

Indonesia’s lubricant demand is expected to grow to 1.32 billion liters per year by 2026, with automotive lube formulations continuing to shift from ...

First quarter operating profits for SK Enmove and GS Caltex’s base oils and lubricants division jumped 22% and 77% compared to the same period of la ...

The base oil market was a challenging environment for rerefiners during the first three months of 2023, according to recent stock exchange filings by ...

Superior, Wisconsin-based Amsoil Inc. acquired fellow Wisconsin lube blender Benz Oil, the companies announced on Monday. The move expands Amsoil’s ...

Virtually no grease is recycled, it was disclosed at the European Lubricating Greases Institute’s 33rd annual general meeting and conference in Amst ...

Citing higher costs, BP reported that profits for its Castrol Lubricants business fell 37% in the first quarter, while Luberef posted a 47% jump in ne ...

Specialty lubricant manufacturer Moresco Corp has started construction of a plant in Haining city, Zhejiang province, in Eastern China, and the plant ...

Copton Tech reported that its net profit plunged 92% and that its operating income fell 20% in the fourth quarter, while full-year net profit fell 63% ...

Independent lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE reported a 9% increase in net profit and a 16% uptick in sales revenues for the first quarter, compar ...

Domestic lubricant demand in Germany declined 8% to 51,416 tons in February, with steep decreases occuring in metalworking oils, machine oils, hydraul ...

Petronobel Mineral Oils San and Tic A.S. announced plans last week to build a lubricant blending plant in an industrial zone near Istanbul. Another co ...

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Lubricant distributors have been through several phases of consolidation during the past few decades. Is the industry in the midst of yet another phas ...

Finished lubricant sales in Japan jumped to 176,282 kiloliters in March, the highest level in six months and 38% higher than March of 2022. Lubricant ...