India

New emissions standards loom for China and India, and both markets could encounter problems related to availability of compliant fuels and engine oil ...

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. expects to commission in 2022 a 270,000 metric tons per year base oil plant that will mostly produce API Group III stocks at its ...

Balmer Lawrie & Co. opened a new industrial packaging plant that manufactures steel drums last month in Vadodara, in the Indian state of Gujarat, to s ...

Diesel engine oils of obsolete API CF-4 service category and below still dominate Asias major commercial vehicle markets - China, India and Indonesia ...

Lubricating grease production in China appears to have continued its decline in 2018, according to the National Lubricating Grease Institutes yearly s ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. and Apar Industries each reported healthy increases in profit for their fourth quarter, due to a jump in sales. Meanwhi ...

Balmer Lawrie & Co. reported an increase in consolidated operating profit, Tide Water Oil Co.s consolidated net profit declined, and Continental Petro ...

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May 28, 2019

With the global focus on EV cars, two- and three-wheelers could be a bigger growth area in developing economies such as India, but there are still obs ...

Indias GP Petroleums reported about a 35 percent year-on-year jump in its fourth-quarter net profit as lower expenses and other income more than offse ...

Indias demand for two-wheeler lubricants should remain strong in coming years even as electric models begin to penetrate the market, a motorcycle manu ...

South Korean base oil refiners SK Lubricants, S-Oil and Hyundai Shell Base Oil Co. each reported a steep decline in operating profit for the quarter e ...

Indias lubricant blenders boosted their finished lubricant exports since 2014 by targeting developing markets in regions where lubricant demand is gro ...

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. plans to start marketing synthetic lubricants in India, claiming the country's move to stricter vehicle emissions standards ...

Indian grease manufacturers, like their counterparts in other countries, have for the past couple years bemoaned sharp increases in the costs of lithi ...

Electric vehicle battery makers domination of global lithium supplies leaves Indian grease makers vulnerable to shortages. One Hungarian grease manufa ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd and Continental Petroleum both reported healthy increases in profit for their third quarters, the former thanks to a jum ...

A lube blending plant in Chhattisgarh, India, has been halted following an explosion that seriously injured one employee. Officials at Parvati Lubrica ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. reported a decline in net profit for its second quarter ending Sept. 30, compared to the same period a year earlier.

China is one of the worlds largest importers of base oils, and that looks unlikely to change as its finished lubricant market continues to grow. By 20 ...

Castrol India Ltd. posted a double-digit drop in profit for the quarter ended Sept. 30, while Apar Industries Ltd. reported higher revenue for its tra ...