Lube sales in Sri Lanka were up 11.4 percent last year, as Chevron continued to hold the lions share of the 26.1 billion rupees (U.S. $170 million) ma ...

Australias mining industry is currently in a trough, pressuring some lube suppliers to the industry to rely more on tangential markets until performan ...

MOSCOW – Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan – a region with sluggish base oil production and exports – could find fresh export ...

Brazils finished lubricant demand declined another 7 percent to 1.15 million metric tons in 2016, according to an industry insider, meaning South and ...

GP Petroleums Ltd. plans to eventually acquire a blending plant in southern India and to bank on the bazaar segment to increase its automotive lubrica ...

Some Idemitsu Kosan shareholders are seeking a court injunction to stop the company from issuing new shares that would help finance its merger with Sh ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency entered into consent orders that allow three companies to manufacture and import a wide range of chlorinated ...

MOSCOW – Russian demand for motor oils used by on-road vehicles stagnated the past couple years but is projected to make a slow recovery in 2017 ...

Indias lube suppliers have long relied on local storage hubs for most sales across the country, but at least some are set to begin consolidating depot ...

Japans sales of base oils used in the production of lubricants rose about half a percentage point in 2016 to approximately 2.1 million metric tons, du ...

Thailand will exempt most process oil-derived products from excise taxes later this year, according to government officials, but lube blenders will co ...

MOSCOW – Russian motor oil export volumes grew 17 percent in 2016, while imports barely gained ground, according to a consultancy. Last year Rus ...

Moscow police raided a business last week to shut down production and online sale of allegedly counterfeit motor oils. The economic security and antic ...

South Korean police arrested a chemical products distribution trio that allegedly sold the military fake specialty lubricants thought to have caused m ...

Fujian Jinrong Energy Technology broke ground on a base oil rerefinery that will use proprietary technology co-developed by the firm and Chinese partn ...

Chinas base oil capacity has expanded significantly in recent years, but at least some refiners are now producing well below capacity. In the short te ...

Misleading labels are one of several factors interfering with the proper use of adequately performing automatic transmission fluids, according to the ...

MOSCOW – Licensing for used oil collectors and legislation that restricts waste oil dumping and incineration could improve Russias rerefining in ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The crisis that arose this month between Qatar and several of its neighbors is fueling unease over base oil suppli ...

India will become a common market after it implements its Goods and Services Tax system in July, and lubricant suppliers anticipate a complex transiti ...