Asia

Out of the MOSH Pit

July 2, 2020

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 ...

Chevron Lubricants Lanka Plc reported sharp declines in profit and sales for the quarter ending March 31, compared to the same period a year ago.

India’s Manikaran Power Ltd. and Australian mining company Neometals are conducting a feasibility study for what would be India’s first lithium re ...

GS Caltex reported increased operating profit for its base oil and lubricant business, and KH Neochem Co. poster lower operating profit for its perfor ...

Among South Korea’s large base oil refiners, S-Oil and Hyundai Shell Base Oil both posted large increases in operating profit for the first quarter, ...

GP Petroleums Ltd. and Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. announced the reopening of blending plants in India, after receiving permission from local autho ...

Hi-Tech Lubricants posted higher net profit for the quarter ending March 31, while National Refinery Ltd. reported decreased net profit for its lube s ...

Shipments of castor oil derivatives are flowing from India once again, easing availability of popular grease additives after supplies were constrained ...

Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns in Asia have resulted in increased demand for food-grade lubricants, industry insiders said.

Asia Leads in Wax Supply

April 16, 2020

Asia accounted for more than half of 11.2 billion pounds of global wax supply in 2019, leading in petroleum waxes in large part because of China refin ...

Three lubricant industry associations in the United States petitioned India’s government last week to approve the export of castor oil derivatives s ...

Asia-Pacific continued to lead in global wind power development in 2019, accounting for 50.7 percent of new installations, boosted by regulatory refor ...

India took a large step toward reducing its very high levels air pollution Wednesday with the implementation of its Bharat Stage VI automobile emissio ...