Rebounded Indian auto sales helped Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. post a 13.6 percent improvement in profits, while China Rerun Chemical reported a 50 ...

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Automotive writer Steve Swedberg cautions that the law of diminishing returns remains in force, including for fuel economy.

With an historic accord on the anvil, Iran is eager to re-engage with global markets -- and outsiders could be welcomed as base oil and lubricant part ...

The stalemate obstructing the return of Castrol brand to the Kenya lubricants market has been resolved by an exclusive distribution deal between Kenol ...

Indias electrical transformer oils market will use less API Group I and II paraffinic base stocks and make them instead with naphthenics, Group III an ...

South Korean base oil exports jumped 29 percent over the past three years, while at the same time prices for those oils fell, customs statistics showe ...

Indias Bureau of Energy Efficiency has advised that it will require carmakers to achieve average fuel economy of 18.2 kilometers per liter by April 20 ...

Russian motorists are generally aware of what engine oil goes into their vehicles and they follow drain interval recommendations, according to results ...

Nigeria will soon increase its tariff on imported finished lubricants and greases from 10 percent to 30 percent. Suppliers lauded the change as a way ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE announced Monday that it has acquired Deutsche Pentosin-Werke GmbH, a privately owned blender with extensive ties to the auto indust ...

SK Lubricants filed documents last week seeking eligibility to conduct an initial public stock offering.

Southern Chinas Amer Lubricant Technology Co. has seen its business grow at an annual clip of 20 percent and is now building its third blending plant ...

Analysts have predicted the imminent demise of the European API Group I base oils industry for at least a decade. But while some refinery closures rem ...

Lisa Tocci examines the ramifications of the Middle East becoming a base oil exporter.

Ukraines lubricant consumption nose-dived up to 30 percent since the armed conflict in the eastern part of the country began earlier last year, source ...

Totals subsidiary in Pakistan recently launched a mobile, on-call oil change service for car owners in Karachi.

Swiss metalworking fluids manufacturer Blaser Swisslube AG opened a research and development center in Hong Kong last week to help it grow in the Asia ...

Indias base stock demand is shifting from API Group I to Group II and III because the growing need for high-performance lubricants is transforming the ...

Southern Oil Refinings recently relocated rerefinery includes a hydrotreater, and SOR says the experience of operating it on behalf of joint venture p ...