Chevron Lubricants Lanka Plc reported much higher profits and sales for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2021, and Pakistan-based blender Hi-Te ...

Japan’s January lube consumption slid to 104,243 kiloliters (93,700 metric tons), down 7% from 111,525 kL in the same month last year, according to ...

Japan’s KH Neochem Co.’s performance materials segment, which includes refrigeration lubricant raw materials, and metalworking fluid and industria ...

China has significantly elevated its base oil production capacity in recent years. Has PAO capacity increased along with that of its conventional coun ...

South Korea’s base oil exports were virtually flat in January, compared to the same month last year, according to data released by the Korea Customs ...

State-owned Thai Oil Group’s base oil business reported increased net profit and sales for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2021, with sales ...

A new nation is king of the hill in terms of base oil capacity, after China surpassed the United States in 2021 following a decade-long surge in inves ...

Base oil imports to China fell 15% in 2021, according to recently released government data, continuing a decrease in business for foreign suppliers du ...

South Korea’s Hyundai Shell Base Oil and the GS Caltex base oil and lubricant business both reported much higher operating profit and sales for the ...

Castrol India Ltd. reported nearly a 30% increase in profits for 2021, although sales for the quarter ended Dec. 31 were flat. Profits for the quarter ...

South Korean base oil refiners SK Lubricants and S-Oil reported strong increases in profit for the quarter ending Dec. 31 and for full year 2021. S-Oi ...

Japan consumed 1.5 million kiloliters (1.3 million metric tons) of finished lubricants in 2021, a 4% increase from 2020’s total, according to data r ...

China overtook the United States in 2021 as the country with the most base oil refining capacity. What contributed to its rise?

Eneos Corp., said this week that it will close its refinery in Wakayama, Japan – which includes a base oil plant – by 2023. Combined with previous ...

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission sanctioned Tianhe Chemicals Group Ltd. and its executive director this week, finding them culpable for ...

A start-up research and development company has begun building a demonstration plant in East China that is designed to make metallocene polyalphaolefi ...

Georgia imported 18,860 tons of motor oils in 2021, a 1.2% drop compared to the year before, and a trade organization said the country’s motorists a ...

Japanese specialty lubricant manufacturer Moresco Corp. reported higher sales of specialty lubricants and slightly higher sales of synthetic oils for ...

Domestic vehicles sales in Japan last year were down slightly from 2020 and remained well behind 2019, according to data released by the Japanese Auto ...

South Korea exported more than 400,000 metric tons of base oil at a value of more than $425 million in December, marking the fourth consecutive month ...