For grease makers, electric vehicles are a double-edged sword. While they offer a stable demand source, their batteries also vie for supplies of lithi ...

Continuous developments in technical applications lead to higher requirements for grease formulations. Some tribological tests are costly and lengthy. ...

The push for reduced emissions and increased fuel efficiency makes formulating lubes challenging. Pour point depressants play an increasingly importan ...

Castrols Simon Youngman goes deep into subsea control fluids.

A HollyFrontier subsidiary will acquire Sonneborn from private equity firm One Equity Partners for $655 million cash under an agreement announced yest ...

Russian aftermarket motor oil consumption - the volume of engine oils used in passenger vehicles post-sale - amounted to 161 million liters during the ...

Reconditioning metalworking fluids is a good strategy to stop degradation, but care must be taken at each step.

Industry consultants say the lubricant business has undergone big changes in the past quarter century for private Chinese blenders, and that they have ...

Global demand for automotive lubricants should continue to rise even as electric vehicles become more popular, an official from consultancy Frost & Su ...

Summit Lubricants installed a new 50,000 pound grease reactor at its plant in Batavia, New York, last week to increase manufacturing capacity and spee ...

Spains Repsol signed an agreement to explore acquiring a stake in Singaporean lubricant blender United Oil Co.

Tom Glenn points to the confusing maze of oil recommendations in owners manuals.

Katie Kellenberger sounds the warning bell over looming sulfur regulations and economic viability at sea.

Vietnam will double its environmental tax for lubricants beginning Jan. 1, according to a resolution passed by the countrys National Assembly Standing ...

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. reported that its lubricant sales rose 3 percent in fiscal year 2017-2018, thanks to improved performance in the automo ...

Some of the regions lubricant markets are beset by unlicensed dealers and fake products. In response, two governments have stepped up enforcement of s ...

The average price this year for an oil change using five quarts of semi-synthetic oil rose 11.4 percent to just under $48 this year, while the cost fo ...

Total unveiled its new lubricants blending plant in Kaluga, Russia, Monday, saying it will reduce reliance on imports and cut delivery times both dome ...

11 PLC, formerly known as Mobil Oil Nigeria, says it is expanding and modernizing its lubricant blending plant in Lagos after a Nigerian company acqui ...

Indian national oil company Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd.s lube sales rose 9.2 percent in fiscal year 2017-2018, thanks to retail network expansion and ...