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Gabriel India and SK Enmove Ink JV
Cars in Mumbai, India – a rapidly growing auto market. ©Manoej Paateel / shutterstock

Gabriel India and SK Enmove Ink JV

October 21, 2025

SK Enmove entered into a joint venture with auto parts maker Gabriel India to distribute the Korean company’s rang ...

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SK Minerals & Additives Goes for IPO

October 8, 2025

Specialty chemicals producer SK Minerals & Additives will open its initial public offering on Oct. 10, 2025, looking ...

Protest at Lube Company Over Deadly Accident

Protest at Lube Company Over Deadly Accident

September 10, 2025

Labor organizations and social activists staged a protest outside a lubricant company where three workers were killed an ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants Expands Blending Plants

Gulf Oil Lubricants Expands Blending Plants

August 27, 2025

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. announced recently that it will expand both of its finished lubricant blending plants in ...

Shell Completes Acquisition of Raj Petro

Shell Completes Acquisition of Raj Petro

July 15, 2025

Shell Lubricants completed its acquisition of Raj Petro Specialities Pvt., taking full ownership of the India-based comp ...

BPCL Tenders for New Lube Units at Bina Refinery

BPCL Tenders for New Lube Units at Bina Refinery

June 18, 2025

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. intends to install a base oil unit and a finished lubricant blending plant at its refinery ...

Lanxess Opens R&D Unit in Mumbai

Lanxess Opens R&D Unit in Mumbai

February 26, 2025

German specialty chemicals company Lanxess opened its new application development center in Thane, India, near Mumbai. ...

IOCL Starts Chennai Lube Complex

IOCL Starts Chennai Lube Complex

January 22, 2025

Indian Oil Corporation Ltd started the trial run at its new integrated lubricant complex at Manali, Chennai. Once fully ...

Shell Aims to Buy Raj Petro Specialities

Shell Aims to Buy Raj Petro Specialities

January 8, 2025

Shell awaits final approval from the Competition Commission of India before it can buy Raj Petro Specialities Private Lt ...

Gulf Oil India Partners with Nayara Energy

Gulf Oil India Partners with Nayara Energy

January 1, 2025

Gulf Oil Lubricants India inked a three-year partnership with fuel retailer Nyara Energy to sell its entire automotive p ...

HPCL Pumps Money into Base Oil Production

HPCL Pumps Money into Base Oil Production

December 25, 2024

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd is investing U.S.$551 million on expanding base stocks production at its Mumbai refinery, ...

Infineum Plans India Additive Plant

Infineum Plans India Additive Plant

November 20, 2024

United Kingdom-based additive company Infineum will open an additive blending plant in India next year. The announcement ...

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The Arduous Path of Rerefining in Asia

August 14, 2024

As global environmental concerns and sustainability efforts continue to grow, many governments have started to implement ...

Police Swoop on Fake Oil Factory

Police Swoop on Fake Oil Factory

August 14, 2024

Law enforcement over the weekend seized drums of counterfeit Castrol engine oil and packaging during a raid in the city ...

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Lubrizol Plans India Additive Factory

July 31, 2024

Lubrizol Corp. announced plans to build a U.S. $200 million factory in India to make chemical additives for lubricants a ...

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India Grease Production Rising

July 24, 2024

Grease production in India will ramp up by almost 37% over the next six years, according to a Mumbai-based producer. Sp ...

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India Market Still Growing

June 28, 2024

Lubricant demand in India, the world’s third-largest market, has grown to 3.11 metric tons per year and will continue ...