Rancon Lubricants plans to invest $20 million in a new lubricant plant in Bangladesh, with construction due to start by May 2027. The plant will initi ...

Chennai Petroleum Corp. Ltd. says it is to spend U.S.$168.5 million on an API Group II/III lube oil base stock unit at its Manali refinery in Chennai. ...

The world may — or may not — soon have a regulation prodding the shipping industry to use cleaner fuels. Depending on the alternatives it chooses, ...

Lube producers looking for alternative Group III sources found that other suppliers were already sold out. Rerefined base oils might have offered a ne ...

Fuchs’ growth through acquisition and organic expansion spans 95 years.

ABN Resource’s 2026 lubricant industry talent report reveals mixed feelings for workers: high job satisfaction but openness to new opportunities; go ...

The base oil crisis will lead lubricant manufacturers to work in a variety of ways to make supply chains more resilient. Their steps generally will in ...

Lubricant prices in Bangladesh have risen sharply this year as disruptions in the Middle East push up base oil, freight and insurance costs. Some prod ...

A U.S. Senate amendment to the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 would give the U.S. president authority to impose tariffs of ...

Police in India’s Odisha state have arrested four people in connection with an alleged operation manufacturing and supplying counterfeit lubricants ...

Silicone base stocks are attracting new attention for greases, partly because of developments in thickener technology and the press for PFAS-free prod ...

The global supply crisis has put base oil distributors in difficult positions.

Strategic decisions about how and where to supply finished products can greatly affect a company’s success.

Richful Lube Additive Co. Ltd. earned a healthy profit in the first six months of 2026 thanks to increased demand from Chinese lubricant manufacturers ...

Supplies of Yubase 4 base oil are set to tighten in Europe after Repsol warned customers that it will be unable to supply the API Group III grade thro ...

Fuchs Opens Americas Technology Center in Massachusetts Fuchs has unveiled a new Americas Technology Center in Taunton, Massachusetts, expanding i ...

German specialty additives company BYK opened a new plant in Shanghai with annual production capacity of 500 metric tons, adding flexible local manufa ...

Participants in a Lubes’n’Greases webinar discussed how fall-out from the war between the United States, Israel and Iran has roiled base oil marke ...

Evolving performance standards for passenger car engine oils have narrowed formulator base stock options, making base oil supply more vulnerable to ge ...