Asia

BASF said Monday that it will almost double synthetic ester base stocks production capacity at its Jinshan, China, site in response to rising demand f ...

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. reported that its lubricant sales edged up 0.7% in fiscal year 2019-2020, as it makes a push to access international ma ...

As the trade war between the United States and China approaches its third anniversary, there is little sign of resolution despite the fact that the co ...

The global motorcycle oils market is projected to grow by a compound annual rate of 1.5% to 2% during the next four years, according to a forecast tha ...

While most base oil markets in Asia are on a path to recovery following the damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic, industry insiders said at a ...

Gulf Makes Lubes for S-Oil

October 2, 2020

Gulf Oil Lubricants International Ltd. has agreed to manufacture and market S-Oil lubricants in India – a deal that will mark S-Oil’s entry into t ...

India’s economic recovery from COVID-19 lockdowns is progressing, with encouraging signs in automotive, industrial and agricultural segments boding ...

Despite slowing demand growth, China will remain the world’s largest primary energy consumer out to 2050, growing by as much as 14% to account for o ...

Pakistan’s chief competition authority this month set aside an earlier finding that Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. engaged in false advertising in a campai ...

China’s commercial vehicle lubricant market is showing signs of recovery thanks to increases in distances traveled, according to speakers at an indu ...

Lubricant supplier Lanka IOC reported a steep net loss, and the lubricants business segment of Malaysian state-owned oil firm Petronas’ domestic mar ...

Fluor Corp. announced on Sept. 15 that it safely achieved mechanical completion of Valvoline’s lubricants blending plant in Zhangjiagang, China, ahe ...

Hong Kong’s securities regulator filed a complaint Wednesday accusing Tianhe Chemicals Group and its executive director of greatly overstating the c ...

For the quarter ending June 30, India’s GP Petroleums and Apar Industries posted net losses, Castrol India and Savita Oil posted steep drops in prof ...

The rapid emergence of electric vehicles in China highlights the need for standards for lubricants and other chemicals for EV motors, members of a lub ...

Idemitsu Kosan announced that it is cooperating with two Japanese universities on a grant project to develop wind turbine lubricants that would provid ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. and Japanese specialty chemical producer KH Neochem Co.’s performance materials segment both reported steep declines ...

Lub-rref IPO Clears Hurdle

August 28, 2020

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission last week approved the method by which Lub-rref will conduct its initial public offering, clearing t ...

Idemitsu Kosan Co. opened its second wholly owned lubricant blending plant in China last week, a facility in the southern coastal city of Huizhou with ...

South Korean conglomerate SK Innovation announced last week that it hired Citigroup Global Markets to help it explore the possibility of selling subsi ...