Asia

Hascol Petroleum, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing oil products suppliers in Pakistan, plans to open a lube and grease blending plant in ...

Exports of Chinese lubricants have yet to take off, despite a relaxation of rules earlier this year. Suppliers cite a variety of reasons for choosing ...

The base oil plant at Sinopecs refinery in Maoming, China, has completed an expansion and upgrade that gives it capacity of 400,000 metric tons per ye ...

Indian lube suppliers Apar Industries and Balmer Lawrie both recorded strong margins despite weaker revenue, while Chinas GTS Chemical Holdings revenu ...

With fresh plants springing up to make high-grade products, China has boosted its total mineral base oil capacity to over 8.3 million metric tons per ...

Kazakh lube maker Hill Corp.s base oil production project has moved forward after a previous unsuccessful bid to find a contractor, the company told L ...

Indias Savita Oil Technologies Ltd. reported a 58 percent rise in net profit for the quarter ended March 31, thanks to lower expenses during the perio ...

Indias GP Petroleums Ltd., a subsidiary of the United Arab Emirates-based Gulf Petrochem Group, posted a 100 percent rise in its fourth-quarter net pr ...

Pakistani lubricant supplier Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. aims to increase sales by expanding into Afghanistan and launching a chain of retail fuel outlets ...

As China seeks to transform itself from the worlds factory into a producer of value-added goods, the countrys appetite for sophisticated greases is gr ...

The Uz-Prista Recycling joint venture opened its first base oil rerefinery in Uzbekistan last week during a ceremony attended by company and governmen ...

Pakistani lubricant supplier Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. reported a 110 percent rise in its third-quarter net profit, thanks to higher other income and lo ...

BP announced Thursday that it had sold an 11.5 percent share of Castrol India, leaving it with a 59.5 percent stake. The United Kingdom-based oil majo ...

Hyrax Oil, of Malaysia, will construct a blending plant in Sri Lanka to supply lubricants for national oil company Ceylon Petroleum Corp. as part of a ...

Fuchs Petrolub is building a new lubricants blending plant in Suzhou, Chinas Wujiang district to replace a smaller existing plant in Shanghai. The new ...

Most car companies rely on lube producers for their factory-fill engine oils, but one Chinese automaker is committed to making its own. In late April, ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. reported a 38 percent jump in its fourth quarter net profit, thanks to sales growth across all key segments.

Japan's JX Nippon Oil & Energy will purchase 8 percent of state-owned petroleum company Vietnam National Petroleum Group, known as Petrolimex.

Like passenger cars and trucks, motorcycles in Asia are facing growing pressure for fuel economy and emissions controls, and this, combined with consu ...

More than 75 percent of the worlds lubricating grease is thickened with lithium hydroxide or lithium complex soap - but over 90 percent of the grease ...