Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. reported that its lubricant sales declined 12% in fiscal year 2021-2022 as it dealt with constraints that included avai ...

Asia-Pacific accounted for close to 80% of about 1.6 to 1.7 million tons of worldwide motorcycle engine oil demand in 2021 – led by India, Indonesia ...

Declaring that it sees encouraging signs of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, India-based Maximus International Ltd. say it plans to expand its pro ...

Sinopec’s Yanshan Petrochemical is installing a production line to make butylene oxide, a chemical intermediate used to make lubricant additives alo ...

The lubricants business of Hong Kong-based Yip’s Chemical Holdings Ltd. reported an operating loss and an 8% decline in sales for the first half of ...

Azerbaijan’s finished lubricant imports volume grew more than 60% in the first half of 2022, driven by a growing shortage of Russian base oils for d ...

The volume of base oil exported by South Korea fell 3% in August, compared to the same month last year, while the declared value of the exported base ...

The volume of lubricant additives imported into Russia fell more than 70% in March, following the country’s invasion of Ukraine, but rebounded to a ...

Japan Lubricating Oil Society recently reported results of studies that it completed into the accuracy of test methods for friction, wear and load-bea ...

China aims to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, which will likely offer opportunities for metallocene polyalphaolefin as a base stock in lubricants for ...

Finished lubes consumption in Japan fell 7%, while production edged up 3% in July, and lubricant imports fell more than 50%, compared to the same mont ...

Eneos Corp. is conducting a two-year study on recycled waste lubricants to help establish supply of rerefined base oil in Japan, the company said in a ...

The Indian lubricants market took a big hit during the pandemic. How has it bounced back, and how might it grow in the next few years?

Lubricant demand in India – including process oils – rebounded to 2.8 million metric tons in 2021 and is expected to grow at a compound annual rat ...

Thai Oil reported that net profit for its base oil business fell 60% in the second quarter, compared to the same period last year. Sales were pressure ...

South Korea exported 7% less base oil in July than in the same month last year, but the declared value of those oils was 25% higher, according to data ...

Chinese consumers’ rapid adoption of electric vehicles offers opportunities for suppliers of transmission fluids to meet the changing requirements o ...

In an effort to reduce reliance on virgin base oils and to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions, the Japanese government has commissioned the Japan Lu ...

Several Indian lubricant companies reported strong increases in profits for the quarter ended June 30. Pricing actions enabled them to alleviate the i ...

Engine oil marketers in China have generally not placed much focus on supplying products recommended for specific models or makes of vehicles or that ...