Idemitsu Kosan Co. reported a 5.6 percent increase in lube sales in the first half of its fiscal year and announced that it will merge management offi ...

Idemitsu Kosan Co. indefinitely postponed its merger with fellow Japanese oil refiner Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. to allow more time to discuss plans with ...

KH NeoChem, a Japanese producer of specialty chemicals such as fatty acids, esters and feedstocks for niche lubricants, will be listed tomorrow on the ...

Idemitsu Kosan Co.s acquisition of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. - inked last year for closure this month - has been delayed again due in part to Idemitsu b ...

JX Holdings and TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK last week finalized their agreement to merge in April 2017 to become Japans largest oil refiner. Among midstrea ...

The Petroleum Association of Japan forecast that lubricant demand in Japan this year will drop 0.6 percent to 1.3 million metric tons due to a slowdow ...

Chinese additive manufacturer Tianhe Chemicals began supplying to the Japanese market and will start production at its new plant in Singapore through ...

Japans top four lubricant companies are expected to merge into two entities by 2017, events that could significantly reduce competition. Foreign brand ...

Kyodo Yushi Co. announced last week that it has finished building a synthetic grease plant in Kameyama city in Japans Mie prefecture. While the nation ...

Japan will have excess supply of API Group I base stocks because demand is shifting to Group II and Group III to meet specifications for fuel-efficien ...

Japans sales of base oils used in the production of lubricants fell 0.24 percent in 2015 to 2.4 million kiloliters due to a soft domestic market, acco ...

Founding members of major Japanese oil company Idemitsu Kosan Co. expressed opposition to the companys merger with Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., during Ide ...

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

Japanese metalworking fluids manufacturer Yushiro Chemical Industry Co. expects to complete construction of two plants in China in the second half of ...

Japans Idemitsu Kosan Co. and Kuwait Petroleum International Ltd. plan to set up a joint venture to distribute petroleum products, including lubricant ...

ExxonMobil sold its remaining stake in TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK, completing a multi-year exit from its partnership in Japans second-largest oil refiner.

Base oil production in Japan fell 3.4 percent in 2015, part of a continuing trend of shrinking demand for petroleum products by Asias third-largest ec ...

After rebounding in 2014, automobile production in Japan dropped 5.1 percent in 2015, according to the latest data from the Japan Automobile Manufactu ...

SAE 0W-16 oils will play a key role in the next ILSAC passenger car motor oil standard, a JX Nippon Oil & Energy official told an industry conference. ...

JX Holdings and TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK said yesterday that they are discussing possible forms of cooperation as they seek to remain competitive in Jap ...