Lubricant consumption in France declined 8% to 43,869 metric tons in October, compared to the same month last year, Paris-based Professional Lubricant ...

Gazpromneft-Lubricants’ new 220,000 metric tons per year API Group II and III base oil plant is almost completed, with assembly works about to wrap ...

Swiss lubricants company Panolin announced last week a name change to Laemmle Chemicals AG and that it will change its oil brand name early next year. ...

Hanwei Technology Co., a South China chemical company offering mold release agents, among other products, raised ¥1.2 billion in an initial public st ...

Bangladeshi lubricants blender Lub-rref reported a 3% decrease in net profit and a 12% drop in sales revenue on lower operating profit and higher oper ...

South Korean base oil exports decreased 23% in October, compared to the same month last year, while the declared value of those exports was down 14%, ...

Brazil's base oil production in October declined by 18%, while base oil imports rose 8%, according to data released by a government agency. The produc ...

Saudi investment firm Dussur has agreed to buy a minority stake in Italmatch Chemicals, a growing Italy-based company that supplies esters and chemica ...

A pilot plant in France to purify polyether-perfluorinated lubricants contaminated by uranium is among the projects earmarked for funding by the Frenc ...

Net profit for Thai Oil’s base oil business rose 21% for the quarter ending Sept. 30. Base oil prices were steady in the quarter, the company said, ...

Singapore-based United Oil Co. and Repsol are proceeding with a previously announced plan to expand their joint venture lubricant plant in Indonesia, ...

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.’s distributors will deliver automotive and industrial grade lubricants to customers’ doorsteps throughout India via ...

Shell announced that its Pennzoil-Quaker State Co. purchased a 49% interest in Blue Tide Environmental LLC, which plans to bring a Group II rerefinery ...

Oleochemical producer Oleon acquired a blending plant in Conroe, Texas, the company announced this week. Oleon’s esters are used in lubricants, incl ...

Nigerian blender and distributor Ardova Plc reported an 83% drop in net profit and a 10% increase in sales revenue for its lubricants and greases segm ...

E-commerce channel is evolving into an important growth channel that can help lubricant companies increase visibility and sales, and it’s important ...

Castrol India Ltd. announced on Nov. 25 an investment of up to Rs 487.5 crore (Rs 4.9 billion or U.S. $60 million) in ki Mobility Solutions, a leading ...

Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. reported a steep net loss and a 27% decrease in lubricant sales for the quarter ended Sept. 30, citing the impacts of supply c ...

Japan’s consumption of finished lubricants jumped 30% and production rose 15% in October, while lubricant imports fell 16%, compared to the same mon ...

Base oil production in the United States continues on the path to recovery, but the import and export scene has been slightly altered by geopolitical ...