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Results Down for Hi-Tech, Up for Savita, Apar

November 8, 2019

Pakistans Hi-Tech Lubricants reported a steeper net loss, while Indias Savita Oil and Apar Industries each reported high ...

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Profits Up for Castrol India, Down for Hi-Tech

October 25, 2019

Castrol India Ltd. reported a substantial increase in profit for the quarter ending Sept. 30, while Pakistans Hi-Tech Lu ...

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Mumbai: Indias Top Base Oil Gateway

October 18, 2019

Mumbai is the leading point of entry for base oil imports into India - one of the worlds largest importers of such produ ...

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Another India Base Oil Refiner to Upgrade

October 4, 2019

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. has contracted Chevron Lummus Global to provide technology that will be used to add API Grou ...

Asia-Pacific Energy Demands Grow

Asia-Pacific Energy Demands Grow

September 20, 2019

Asia-Pacifics energy demand is forecast to grow 33 percent from 2017 to 2040, with oil, natural gas and coal making up 8 ...

India Consumes Growing Amounts of Group II, III

India Consumes Growing Amounts of Group II, III

September 13, 2019

The Indian market has undergone a large shift in recent years toward API Group II and III base stocks, and with the coun ...

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Barriers Impede EV Uptake in India

August 30, 2019

Amid worries over pollution and climate change, India is trying to speed the uptake of electric vehicles, but penetratio ...

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Results Mixed for Indian Companies

August 16, 2019

Balmer Lawrie reported a decrease in operating profit, Tide Water Oil posted a decline in standalone net profit and net ...

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Taking Advantage of Crude Price Volatility

August 2, 2019

A consultant told an industry conference in Mumbai, India, Wednesday that lubricant companies can benefit from crude oil ...

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Tough Emissions Caps Loom for China, India

July 26, 2019

New emissions standards loom for China and India, and both markets could encounter problems related to availability of c ...

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Indian Oil Aims to Make Group III by 2022

July 19, 2019

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. expects to commission in 2022 a 270,000 metric tons per year base oil plant that will mostly produ ...

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New Steel Drum Plant to Serve Western India

July 5, 2019

Balmer Lawrie & Co. opened a new industrial packaging plant that manufactures steel drums last month in Vadodara, in the ...

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Most Diesel Oils in Asia Behind the Times

July 5, 2019

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

Grease Output Up in Asia, Down in China

Grease Output Up in Asia, Down in China

June 14, 2019

Lubricating grease production in China appears to have continued its decline in 2018, according to the National Lubricat ...

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Profits Up for Gulf, Apar; Down for Savita

June 7, 2019

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. and Apar Industries each reported healthy increases in profit for their fourth quarter, d ...

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Mixed Results for Indian Companies

May 31, 2019

Balmer Lawrie & Co. reported an increase in consolidated operating profit, Tide Water Oil Co.s consolidated net profit d ...

The Price of FAME

The Price of FAME

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 ...

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GP Petroleums Q4 Profit Surges

May 24, 2019

Indias GP Petroleums reported about a 35 percent year-on-year jump in its fourth-quarter net profit as lower expenses an ...