Base Oil refiners GS Caltex and Hyundai Shell Base Oil both posted increases in operating profit and drops in sales for the first quarter, compared to ...

Japan’s lubricant market remains soft as domestic vehicle sales continue to slow down, according to data released recently by the Ministry of Econom ...

China started to implement 6a, the first phase of the China 6 emission standards, on July 1 for light-duty vehicles nationwide. Lube suppliers are for ...

A city on South Korea’s Jeju Island says a project that recovers waste lubricants generated by fishing vessels is helping to protect the local marin ...

Idemitsu Kosan Co. announced Thursday that it has reached an agreement to sell Shell Lubricants Japan back to Shell, 16 months after the businesses me ...

Metalworking fluids and industrial oil producer Yushiro Chemical Industry reported lower sales and a steep decrease in operating income for the quarte ...

China’s Ministry of Commerce announced recently that it will impose punitive tariffs on n-propanol imported by American companies after finding that ...

ExxonMobil has decided to build its first lubricant blending plant in India, a Rs 760 crore facility in Maharashtra, according to the chief minister o ...

Mumbai-based Savita Oil – a supplier of transformer oils, white oils, lubricants and other products – reported lower net profit and total income f ...

India’s GP Petroleums Ltd. and MJL Bangladesh Ltd. each reported a drop in net profit for the quarter ending March 31.

Apar Industries reported a steep drop in net profit for the quarter ending March 31, while Maximus International and Continental Petroleums posted hig ...

Reported lubricating grease production was up in China and Southeast Asia, and down in India and Japan, according to a survey by the United States-bas ...

Southeast Asia’s palm oil industry is embracing H1-registered food-grade lubricants to boost sales in the West, where fears of MOSH and MOAH in proc ...

A joint venture between Uzbekneftegaz and Russian energy giant Gazprom says it is moving forward with a previously announced revamp of a refinery in F ...

Tide Water Oil Co. and Balmer Lawrie & Co.’s greases and lubricants segments both reported declines in profit for the quarter ending March 31, a ...

The Hinduja Group, owner of several lubricant businesses, is embroiled in a dispute between the four aging brothers who control the parent company. Th ...

Castrol India and Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. both reported steep drops in profits for the quarter ending March 31, citing the impacts of the Covid ...

Registrations of new passenger cars, trucks and buses fell 45 percent in May, compared to a year earlier, according to data released June 6 by the Jap ...

South Korean base oil exports fell 13 percent to 1.4 million tons in the first quarter this year, down from 1.6 million tons in 2019’s first quarter ...

Japan’s base oil production for April fell 20 percent compared to the same month last year, according to data recently released by the country’s M ...