Sinopec is nearing the completion of an expansion at its lubricant blending plant in Chongqing, China. The project, which will bring the plants capaci ...

Japans top four lubricant companies are expected to merge into two entities by 2017, events that could significantly reduce competition. Foreign brand ...

Chinas GTS Chemical Holdings withdrew from the London Stock Exchange last week, saying the listing was too expensive and provided too little help in i ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. reported that its fiscal first quarters net profit jumped 52 percent to an all-time high, thanks to robust volume growt ...

China base oil refiner Hainan Handi Sunshine Petrochemical Co. is moving ahead with a delayed expansion of its API Group II plant, though the project ...

Base stock prices in India are likely to come under pressure in the coming months as greater availability from several nearby sources boosts potential ...

As China's lubricant market becomes more crowded, some suppliers - including both oil manufacturer marketers and distributors - are seeking new ways t ...

Lubricant maker Castrol India Ltd. reported a 12 percent jump in its second quarter net profit, as volume growth in the personal mobility and industri ...

Researchers working with Chinese chemical supplier Naco recently reported progress in the development of low-viscosity polyalphaolefins, generated fro ...

Chinese blender Qingdao Copton Technology Co. posted a 10 percent gain in its first quarter compared to a year earlier. Koreas SK Lubricants has more ...

Sanyo Chemical Industries lubricant and lube additive plant in China is barely half a year old, but the Japanese company is already considering an exp ...

Kyodo Yushi Co. announced last week that it has finished building a synthetic grease plant in Kameyama city in Japans Mie prefecture. While the nation ...

China and India are the second- and third-largest lubricant markets, but they handle their used oil differently, according to a report from Kline & Co ...

Japan will have excess supply of API Group I base stocks because demand is shifting to Group II and Group III to meet specifications for fuel-efficien ...

Sri Lankan officials decided last week to grant more licenses for lube suppliers, according to an executive from its state-owned oil company. The move ...

Indias largest transformer oils manufacturer, Apar Industries, expects that implementation of power policy reforms will significantly boost energy con ...

GTS Chemicals lubes division recorded significant gains in both profit and revenue in 2015, thanks to a new blending plant, an expanded domestic distr ...

Japans sales of base oils used in the production of lubricants fell 0.24 percent in 2015 to 2.4 million kiloliters due to a soft domestic market, acco ...

Founding members of major Japanese oil company Idemitsu Kosan Co. expressed opposition to the companys merger with Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., during Ide ...

Oil depot operator Linxan Petrochemical opened a blending plant Friday in the port city of Tianjin, China, with capacity to make 200,000 metric tons p ...