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Chinas GTS Chemical Holdings withdrew from the London Stock Exchange last week, saying the listing was too expensive and provided too little help in i ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. reported that its fiscal first quarters net profit jumped 52 percent to an all-time high, thanks to robust volume growt ...

China base oil refiner Hainan Handi Sunshine Petrochemical Co. is moving ahead with a delayed expansion of its API Group II plant, though the project ...

Gazprom Eyes Omsk Upgrade

August 3, 2016

Gazprom Neft announced last week that it will begin a major revamp of its refinery in Omsk, Russia – a project that will provide feedstock for a ...

Saudi lube supplier Gulf Start Factory Co. for Petroleum Industries signed a deal to build a blending plant in the industrial zone of King Abdullah Ec ...

Base stock prices in India are likely to come under pressure in the coming months as greater availability from several nearby sources boosts potential ...

As China's lubricant market becomes more crowded, some suppliers - including both oil manufacturer marketers and distributors - are seeking new ways t ...

Lubricant maker Castrol India Ltd. reported a 12 percent jump in its second quarter net profit, as volume growth in the personal mobility and industri ...

Researchers working with Chinese chemical supplier Naco recently reported progress in the development of low-viscosity polyalphaolefins, generated fro ...

Russian passenger car and light commercial vehicle sales are expected to plunge 16 percent to about 1.35 million units in 2016, the countrys automobil ...

Chinese blender Qingdao Copton Technology Co. posted a 10 percent gain in its first quarter compared to a year earlier. Koreas SK Lubricants has more ...

Sanyo Chemical Industries lubricant and lube additive plant in China is barely half a year old, but the Japanese company is already considering an exp ...

Kyodo Yushi Co. announced last week that it has finished building a synthetic grease plant in Kameyama city in Japans Mie prefecture. While the nation ...

China and India are the second- and third-largest lubricant markets, but they handle their used oil differently, according to a report from Kline & Co ...

Italian packaging equipment manufacturer OCME is looking to consolidate its position in the African market. At a seminar on sustainability and product ...

Global quality trends are starting to influence the Middle East, and industry observers expect the market to gravitate to higher quality engine oils. ...

Gazprom Neft acquired Rospolychem Group, a Russian manufacturer of specialty oils such as aviation lubricants and rolling oils whose customers include ...

Japan will have excess supply of API Group I base stocks because demand is shifting to Group II and Group III to meet specifications for fuel-efficien ...

Sri Lankan officials decided last week to grant more licenses for lube suppliers, according to an executive from its state-owned oil company. The move ...

Shell recently inaugurated a bulk storage terminal for lubricants in Guiguinto, the Philippines - its first new lubricants facility in the country sin ...