Chevron Lanka, Continental Petroleums Ltd. and Tide Water Oil Co. profits each took hits in the quarter ended Dec. 31.

A decrease in production of commercial vehicles and buses in 2016 contributed to a marginal drop in Japans total automobile output, and sales were dow ...

A March turnaround at Pakistans only refinery with a base oil unit may cause a temporary shortage in the company's supply of lubricant feedstock.

TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. said it will resume full production at its Wakayama refinerys API Group I plant by the end of this year after rebuilding equi ...

Japans base oil exports surged 21.5 percent last year as production and imports increased and domestic demand continued to shrink, according to figure ...

Chinas lubricant market, which grew more than any other in the world for a decade, is forecast to shrink by an average of 0.4 percent annually over th ...

Panama Petrochem Ltd. and GP Petroleums Ltd. each reported near doubling of their profits for the quarter ended Dec. 31, while Gulf Oil and Savita Oil ...

Koreas SK Lubricants and S-Oil both recorded higher operating profits in their base oils and lubricants businesses in 2016, though rising crude prices ...

Ever Chemical Industry Co., a Japanese metalworking fluids manufacturer, will start production in Indonesia this year as part of a joint venture with ...

China produced a record 28 million automobiles in 2016, according to official data released last month. The number of units sold hit 28 million as wel ...

Chinas energy mix is projected to change out to 2035, with coal consumption declining though still remaining dominant as nuclear and renewables make i ...

Many Chinese lubricant suppliers struggle to find footing in the countrys increasingly overcrowded market. One Xian-based blender said it has found su ...

Lube additive producer Infineum International Ltd. has expanded its operations in Asia with a new subsidiary in India, the worlds third-largest lubric ...

Standard Greases & Specialties Ltd. had intended to gain control of the Andrew Yule Group-managed Tide Water Oil Ltd. upon becoming its largest shareh ...

A large fire broke out Sunday in the base oil plant at TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K.s refinery in Arida city, Wakayama Prefecture in western Japan. The com ...

The South Korean government has moved to eliminate more than half of all registered domestic lubricants manufacturers in an effort to weed out non-ope ...

South Korean refiner GS Caltex will invest around U.S. $30 million to build a 210,000 metric tons per year lubricants blending facility in Tianjin, Ch ...

In August, GTS Group, a Liaocheng, Shandong province-based chemical producer and the owner of the lube brand Ogistar, delisted itself from the London ...

Japan removed hydraulic fluids, mainly silahydrocarbon oils, from the Export Trade Control Order list of goods, opening the way for exports to begin J ...

Chinas economy may have slowed, but its passenger car population is growing as fast as ever - good news for lubricant suppliers in a market that has s ...