Asia

The base oil supply and demand landscape has changed significantly in recent years, with global capacity for API Group I base stocks decreasing signif ...

Eneos joined with environmental consultancy Wastebox and IT specialists NTT Data to work out how to calculate the carbon footprint for its products, i ...

Yushiro Chemical posted lower operating income for the quarter ending Dec. 31, and KH Neochem’s performance materials segment had lower operating in ...

South Korea exported 29% more base oil in February, and the recorded value of those shipments jumped 36%, compared to results in the same month last y ...

Shell and China National Offshore Oil Co. are moving forward with plans to begin producing linear alpha olefins at their joint venture chemical refine ...

Chevron Lubricants Lanka Plc reported a drop in profit for the quarter ending Dec. 31 but a huge increase in its bottom line for the full year, while ...

Japan’s consumption of finished lubricants jumped 28%, and its lubricants production increased 17%, while lube imports dropped 37% in January, accor ...

Volatility in key factors – including base oil and crude oil prices, additives costs and the Indian rupee – made margin-balancing challenging for ...

Bangladeshi lubricant blenders MJL Bangladesh, Lube-rref and Eastern Lubricants Blenders all reported strong increases in profits and sales for the qu ...

Lopal Technology Co. announced last week that it has reached a framework agreement with electric automaker SAIC-GM-Wuling to develop and recycle EV ba ...

The Dongfeng Castrol Oil Products Co. Ltd. joint venture announced early last month the first batch trial lubricants production at its 170,000 metric ...

China has the most extensive range of electric vehicles on offer, with an eye-popping 300 EV models available. Europe's carmakers as a whole come in s ...

South Korean base oil export volumes decreased 1%, and the value of the base oil exported decreased 5% in January, compared with the same month last y ...

India Auto Sales Rose in 2022

February 17, 2023

Automotive sales in India in 2022 increased 12% to 20.8 million units, according to data compiled by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers. A ...

South Korea’s GS Caltex reported increased operating profit for its base oil and lubricants business in the fourth quarter, and operating profit for ...

An upgrade of a base oil plant in Fergana, Uzbekistan, is on track for completion by the beginning of 2024, with production scheduled to start later i ...

SK Innovation’s base oils and lubricants business posted a large increase in operating profit for the full year but flat profit for the fourth quart ...

Handi Boosts Group III Output

February 10, 2023

Handi Sunshine Petrochemical has begun commercial production of API Group III base oils at its expanded base oil plant in Hainan province, China. The ...

Japan’s domestic finished lubricant consumption rose 28% and its lubricant production jumped 33% in December, according to data released on Tuesday ...

The base oil and lubricants business of S-Oil reported a 23% increase in operating profit for the quarter ending Dec. 31 and a 17% increase in sales r ...