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A draft standard for lubricants for heavy-duty engines running on natural gas has cleared the project review stage and been formally accepted as a dev ...

S-Oil reported a slight increase in profits for its base oil and lubricants business for the quarter ending March 31, while fellow South Korean base o ...

Companies in China’s lubricant industry are striving to continue delivering products to clients during stringent government lockdowns – imposed in ...

Japan’s production and exports of lubricants both remained steady throughout the first quarter of this year, while domestic sales fell more than 10% ...

Sinopec’s Yanshan Petrochemical Co. has begun producing API Group III base oils, joining the growing list of Chinese refiners that claim to make Gro ...

SK Lubricants posted a 54% year-to-year increase in operating profit for the quarter ended March 31, according to results the company filed today. The ...

An expansion of the Nanjing, China, petrochemical joint venture between BASF and Sinopec will bring the site’s capacity for ethanolamine production ...

Sales Climb for Moresco

April 22, 2022

Japanese specialty lubricant maker Moresco Corp. reported higher sales for its fiscal year that ended in February for specialty lubricants, driven by ...

Although India’s domestic automotive sales remained below pre-pandemic levels for the fiscal year ended March 31, passenger car and three-wheeler sa ...

South Korea’s base oil export volume for March was down 2% year to year, after being flat for two consecutive months, according to data released by ...

Chinese companies Jiangsu Lopal Tech Co. and Richful Lube Additive Co. each reported increases in profits for the fourth quarter of 2021 and for the f ...

Bangladesh’s Eastern Lubricants Blenders Ltd. reported steep drops in profit and revenue for the quarter ending Dec. 31 last year, which is the seco ...

An increase in renewable power in China to support the country’s strong growth in electrification is expected to be key to decarbonizing the country ...

South Korea’s consumption of finished lubricants rose 5% in last year to 986,000 kiloliters, recovering from the impacts of the coronavirus crisis. ...

MJL Profits Drop Steeply

April 1, 2022

Lubricant blender and supplier MJL Bangladesh reported a steep drop in profits and a slight increase in sales revenue for the quarter ending Dec. 31. ...

Finished lubricants consumption in Japan edged down 1% to 127,473 kiloliters in February, from 128,987 kL in the same month in 2021, according to data ...

South Korea’s base oil export volumes remained flat in February for the second consecutive month, compared to the same month last year, according to ...

The government of China’s Liaoning province wants to help industry develop high-performance greases for use in advanced equipment as part of a three ...

Shell has vowed to close its lubricant business along with other operations in Russia to protest that country’s invasion of Ukraine. TotalEnergies s ...

China National Offshore Oil Corp. is finalizing plans for a large base oil expansion at its refinery in Taizhou, Jiangsu province – part of an effor ...