Finished Lubricants

Independent lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE reported a 2% increase in profits after tax in 2022 and a 19% bump in sales revenue, stating that ra ...

Chevron Lubricants Lanka Plc reported a drop in profit for the quarter ending Dec. 31 but a huge increase in its bottom line for the full year, while ...

The American Petroleum Institute announced that an engine sequence test included in most active North American passenger car motor oil specifications ...

Domestic lubricant demand in Germany decreased 5% in 2022 and was down 17% for December, compared to the same periods in 2021, according to data relea ...

Japan’s consumption of finished lubricants jumped 28%, and its lubricants production increased 17%, while lube imports dropped 37% in January, accor ...

Volatility in key factors – including base oil and crude oil prices, additives costs and the Indian rupee – made margin-balancing challenging for ...

When will ILSAC GF-7 make its debut, and what updates might it include? Steve Haffner weighs in.

It’s been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. How has the fallout affected the lubricants market in the region and abroad?

A Muddled Market

March 1, 2023

The lubricants market has weathered many a storm during the past three years, but the numerous unprecedented changes have left lubricant marketers uns ...

The Latin American base oil market is going through a challenging time as its top economies – Brazil and Mexico – underperform and domestic base o ...

Bangladeshi lubricant blenders MJL Bangladesh, Lube-rref and Eastern Lubricants Blenders all reported strong increases in profits and sales for the qu ...

Lopal Technology Co. announced last week that it has reached a framework agreement with electric automaker SAIC-GM-Wuling to develop and recycle EV ba ...

The Dongfeng Castrol Oil Products Co. Ltd. joint venture announced early last month the first batch trial lubricants production at its 170,000 metric ...

Retail sales and production of motorcycles in Brazil both increased by 18% in 2022, according to survey results released last month by the Brazilian A ...

The United States wind energy industry completed projects that brought 8,612 megawatts of new capacity online last year, a 32% decline from 12,747 MW ...

South Korea’s GS Caltex reported increased operating profit for its base oil and lubricants business in the fourth quarter, and operating profit for ...

Creating bio-lubricants using the liquid by-product extracted during processing of cashew nuts is the subject of a new patent earned by Brazil’s Fed ...

Motorex USA Inc. acquired Intercontinental Lubricants Corp.’s Spectro Performance Oils business, the company announced this week. The deal gives Mot ...

Engen and Vivo Energy will combine their respective African businesses to create one of Africa’s largest energy distribution companies, the companie ...

The majority owner of Nigerian fuels and lubricant supplier Ardova plc has proposed to buy out other shareholders and to take the company off the coun ...