Eneos Corporation announced it will begin to phase out production of lubricants and fuels at its Yokohama plant in Yokohama city, Kanagawa prefecture ...

Wilting demand for diesel in Europe could persuade refiners to redirect vacuum gas oil to base oil production.

Japan’s production and sales of finished lubricating oils both fell in November, compared to the same month of last year, continuing what has been a ...

Japan produced 159,864 kL of finished lubricants in September, a 24% drop from the same month of 2023, according to the latest statistics from the cou ...

Sales of finished lubricants in Japan sank to 128,888 kiloliters in August, the lowest level in 17 months, according to the latest information from th ...

Eneos announced on Wednesday that it has produced rerefined base oil  in a demonstration project, as part of its work in a government-commissioned st ...

Yushiro Chemical reported increased fiscal-year net profit and sales for the quarter ended March 31, while specialty chemical producer KH Neochem post ...

Chemical maker Denka Co. has agreed to by a 50% stake of Mitsubishi Chemical’s Frontier Carbon Corp., forming a joint venture aimed at expanding pro ...

Finished lubricant production in Japan fell 22%, and domestic lubricant sales declined 13% in March, according to data released Tuesday by a governmen ...

Japan’s Cabinet today expanded a ban on exports to Russia, adding 164 items to the list of prohibited items, including automotive engine oils.

Japan’s finished lubricant production decreased 5% in February, while domestic lubricant sales surged 28%, according to data released today by a gov ...

Lubricant production in Japan declined 11% in January, while domestic sales of lubricants increased 3%, according to data released yesterday by a gove ...

Japan’s finished lubricant demand edged up 1% in 2023, while its lubricants production declined 6%, according to data released Jan. 31 by a governme ...

Japan's Moresco reported an 8% rise in specialty lubricant sales and a 31% decline in synthetic lubricant sales for the nine months ending Nov. 30. Fa ...

Japan’s registrations for sales of new passenger cars, trucks and buses rose 14% in 2023, while registrations for sales of new motorcycles increased ...

Finished lubricant production in Japan declined 14%, while domestic sales increased 2% in November, compared to the same month last year, a government ...

Japan’s production of finished lubricants decreased 3%, while domestic lubricant sales climbed 12% in October, according to data released yesterday ...

Profits and sales for the quarter ended Sept. 30 surged for Japanese metalworking fluids and industrial fluids manufacturer Yushiro Chemical, as the i ...

A research group led by two universities in Japan recently announced a new technology that uses dielectrophoresis – electric power – to effectivel ...