China is close to approving D1, the nation’s first diesel engine oil performance specification, a speaker from China National Petroleum Corp. said a ...

ExxonMobil has reached an agreement for its base stocks to be distributed in South China by EMB, a joint venture that already performs similar functio ...

A subsidiary of Chilean energy and forestry company Copec received approval from a local environmental authority to develop the nation’s largest use ...

Angolan energy company Etu Energias and Malaysian lube marketer Glide Technology Sdn announced they will form a joint venture to develop a lubricant b ...

Poland’s demand for lubricants dropped by 1% in 2023 as the country’s economy stagnated, reflecting a broader decline in economic activity across ...

A French safety agency has proposed recommending restrictions on the use of two diphenylamines – a category of chemicals that is relatively lightly ...

China has for years been the world’s largest importers of base oils and barely an exporter, but both of those numbers are now trending in the opposi ...

Singaporean lubricants blender AP Oil International Ltd. reported steep declines in net profit and sales revenue for 2023, citing impacts of higher in ...

SK Enmove has entered another partnership to develop and supply immersion coolants for data centers – this time teaming with sister company SK Telec ...

The United States’ base oil exports volume jumped 34% in January, while base oil imports rose 10%, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Inf ...

WD-40 Co. reported a decrease in net income on increased net sales for its maintenance products segments for its second fiscal quarter ended Feb. 29, ...

A Ukrainian drone last week struck the Taneco refinery in Nizhnekamsk, which has an API Group II and Group III base oil plant – the third attack on ...

Lukoil broke ground recently on a grease, metalworking fluids and lubricant additives production facility in Volgograd.

Japan’s Cabinet today expanded a ban on exports to Russia, adding 164 items to the list of prohibited items, including automotive engine oils.

Richful Lube Additives reported last week that its lubricant additives sales revenue decreased in 2023, while its overall net profit rose on lower sal ...

China National Offshore Oil & Gas signed an agreement last month to build a large blending plant in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, significantly incre ...

Brazil’s base oil imports and exports both rose by double-digit percentages in February, according to data released last week by the nation’s Nati ...

Moove achieved large increases in profits and combined lubricants and base oil sales volume for both full year 2023 and the fourth quarter. A key fact ...

Base oil production in the United States decreased 8% in January, while naphthenic base oil output sank 24% to its lowest mark in several years, accor ...

Rafinerija Ulja Modrica, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s leading base oils and lubricants manufacturer, reported a loss of 2 million marka (U.S. $1.1 milli ...