The Petroleum Association of Japan forecast that lubricant demand in Japan this year will drop 0.6 percent to 1.3 million metric tons due to a slowdow ...

The Cabinet of Sri Lanka authorized the countrys Public Utilities Commission last week to act as regulator of the lubricants industry, part of the gov ...

Chinese additive manufacturer Tianhe Chemicals began supplying to the Japanese market and will start production at its new plant in Singapore through ...

Acorn Oil and Linxian Petrochemical opened a joint venture lubricant blending plant in Tianjin, China, last month. The facility focuses on providing t ...

Chinese engine oil buyers have been developing a taste for green lubes. Now consumers are expanding their palates to include biobased ones.

Five Indian lube companies saw year-on-year profit increases in their first quarters ranging from 8 percent for Tide Water to 75 percent for Apar Indu ...

Pakistani lube supplier Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. started commercial production at its blending plant in Lahore early this month following approval from ...

Indias Tide Water Oil named its largest shareholder, Standard Greases & Specialties Pvt., joint-promoter alongside state-owned Andrew Yule Group. The ...

Sinopec is nearing the completion of an expansion at its lubricant blending plant in Chongqing, China. The project, which will bring the plants capaci ...

Japans top four lubricant companies are expected to merge into two entities by 2017, events that could significantly reduce competition. Foreign brand ...

Chinas GTS Chemical Holdings withdrew from the London Stock Exchange last week, saying the listing was too expensive and provided too little help in i ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. reported that its fiscal first quarters net profit jumped 52 percent to an all-time high, thanks to robust volume growt ...

China base oil refiner Hainan Handi Sunshine Petrochemical Co. is moving ahead with a delayed expansion of its API Group II plant, though the project ...

Base stock prices in India are likely to come under pressure in the coming months as greater availability from several nearby sources boosts potential ...

As China's lubricant market becomes more crowded, some suppliers - including both oil manufacturer marketers and distributors - are seeking new ways t ...

Lubricant maker Castrol India Ltd. reported a 12 percent jump in its second quarter net profit, as volume growth in the personal mobility and industri ...

Researchers working with Chinese chemical supplier Naco recently reported progress in the development of low-viscosity polyalphaolefins, generated fro ...

Chinese blender Qingdao Copton Technology Co. posted a 10 percent gain in its first quarter compared to a year earlier. Koreas SK Lubricants has more ...

Sanyo Chemical Industries lubricant and lube additive plant in China is barely half a year old, but the Japanese company is already considering an exp ...

Kyodo Yushi Co. announced last week that it has finished building a synthetic grease plant in Kameyama city in Japans Mie prefecture. While the nation ...