Asia

The outlook for the process oil market in India remains upbeat, driven by demand from the power sector as well as the cosmetics and pharmaceutical ind ...

Master Fluid Solutions has invested in a new metalworking fluids blending plant in Taicang, China, the company announced on Wednesday. The new facilit ...

The coal-to-liquids base oil operations that Shanxi Luan Group is opening in Changzhi, China, this year includes a plant with capacity to make 3,000 m ...

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd., one of the key players in Indias lubricants market, is upbeat about prospects there, expecting continued growth spurred by dema ...

Profits at Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. have more than doubled in the past three years, thanks in part to the development of a broad, multi-tiered s ...

Lubricant prices in many markets have risen in recent months, largely due to the past years run-up in crude oil costs. In Japan, oil marketers are rai ...

A rapidly expanding population and an aspirational middle class that wants mobility offer a highlight to lubricant marketers in India amid a less than ...

A group of major Chinese vehicle makers and energy giants are working on the nations first lubricant specification for diesel truck engines.

China Shenhua and Shanghai Naco Synthetics last week commemorated the opening of a joint venture research center designed to develop coal-to-liquids a ...

Entering into Indias automotive lubricant market may seem like a no-brainer due to the countrys position as one of the globes largest markets, but the ...

Indias Savita Oil Technologies Ltd. - a supplier of transformer oils, white oils, lubricants and other products - reported a net profit of Rs 40.3 cro ...

The Sri Lankan agency planning to allow more competition in the nations lubricant market was advised recently that it should instead crack down on smu ...

Tianjin-based lubricant manufacturer Beiersdorf Petroleum and Chemical Corp. is building a second blending facility on the opposite side of the countr ...

The market for high quality base oils and synthetics in India will expand going forward as automakers strive to meet stringent environmental legislati ...

ExxonMobil has agreed to purchase Indonesian lubricant blender PT Federal Karyatama, the companies announced this week, part of a plan to expand in th ...

SK Lubricants said last week that it was tabling a planned initial public offering for the third time after once again failing to achieve a desired va ...

Valvoline Inc. announced plans Wednesday to invest 443 million (U.S. $70 million) to build its first lubricants plant in China to meet growing demand ...

As new base oil production hubs emerge, the industrys supply base is diversifying, disrupting established trade flows and intensifying competition amo ...

Japans base oil export volumes plunged 24 percent last year as production and domestic sales fell and imports continued to increase, according to init ...

Chinese additives manufacturer Jinzhou Kangtai published an updated prospectus in March, hoping to gain approval from Chinas securities regulatory com ...