Asia

Profits increased more than 10% for SK Lubricants in the second quarter, while profits tumbled almost 70% for fellow South Korean base oil refiner Hyu ...

With few signs that China’s economy will bounce back in the second half of 2022, Chinese oil suppliers need to brace themselves for weak demand, ind ...

Azeri Lubes Aid Europe

August 2, 2022

Azerbaijani lubricant marketers are grabbing the opportunity to fill the export void left by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has triggered boyco ...

Japan’s consumption of finished lubricants jumped 27%, and production swelled by 37% in June, compared to the same month last year, according to dat ...

China’s agricultural machinery sector is likely to see big improvements in oils for tractors and harvesters thanks to the nation’s determination t ...

Indian transformer oil supplier Apar Industries reported increases of more than 100% in net profit and a 24% jump in revenues from its transformer and ...

A company in Northeastern China has finished constructing a blending plant designed to make fluid lubricants formulated with graphene. Sanrun Technolo ...

Japanese specialty lubricant producer Moresco Corp. reported improved sales for its specialty lubricants for its first fiscal quarter ended in May, wi ...

South Korea exported 22% less base oil volume in June, compared to the same month last year, but the declared value of those exports rose 4%, accordin ...

SK Lubricants and South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy signed a memorandum of understanding last week to recycle waste lubricants in ...

Battery swapping could make heavy-duty battery vehicles a viable alternative to diesel, but there are obstacles before this bastion of fossil-fuel tra ...

Chinese lubricant marketer Lopal Tech Co. reported that operating income for its lubricant products segment fell nearly 30%, and Richful Lube Additive ...

Profits tumbled for three Bangladesh lubricant companies – MJL Bangladesh, Lub-rref and Eastern Lubricants Blenders Ltd. – for the quarter ended M ...

Finished lubricants consumption in Japan dipped 1%, while production jumped by nearly 60% in May, compared to the same month last year, according to d ...

Chevron Lubricants Lanka Plc. reported hefty increases in profit and sales for the quarter ending March 31, and Lanka IOC Plc. posted much higher prof ...

Indian lubricants blender Maximus International Ltd. said it had weathered supply chain disruption, competitiveness in pricing and low demand in the m ...

South Korea’s base oil export volumes rebounded in May, almost 20% higher than in the same month last year, ending a trend of year-on-year flat or l ...

GP Petroleums Ltd. Chief Executive Prashanth Achar spoke to Lube Report about navigating and learning from the coronavirus pandemic. Going forward, th ...

Cosmo Energy Holdings Co. announced recently that its Carboneut-brand 10W-30 diesel engine oil became the first engine oil accredited to bear the Biom ...

Chinese lubricant marketer Lopal Technology Co. said recently that it is accelerating its previously stated strategy of growing a business to supply l ...