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 ...

Profits increased more than 10% for SK Lubricants in the second quarter, while profits tumbled almost 70% for fellow South Korean base oil refiner Hyu ...

With few signs that China’s economy will bounce back in the second half of 2022, Chinese oil suppliers need to brace themselves for weak demand, ind ...

Azerbaijani lubricant marketers are grabbing the opportunity to fill the export void left by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has triggered boyco ...

Japan’s consumption of finished lubricants jumped 27%, and production swelled by 37% in June, compared to the same month last year, according to dat ...

China’s agricultural machinery sector is likely to see big improvements in oils for tractors and harvesters thanks to the nation’s determination t ...

Indian transformer oil supplier Apar Industries reported increases of more than 100% in net profit and a 24% jump in revenues from its transformer and ...

A company in Northeastern China has finished constructing a blending plant designed to make fluid lubricants formulated with graphene. Sanrun Technolo ...

Japanese specialty lubricant producer Moresco Corp. reported improved sales for its specialty lubricants for its first fiscal quarter ended in May, wi ...