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 ...

Hascol Petroleum, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing oil products suppliers in Pakistan, plans to open a lube and grease blending plant in ...

Exports of Chinese lubricants have yet to take off, despite a relaxation of rules earlier this year. Suppliers cite a variety of reasons for choosing ...

The base oil plant at Sinopecs refinery in Maoming, China, has completed an expansion and upgrade that gives it capacity of 400,000 metric tons per ye ...

Indian lube suppliers Apar Industries and Balmer Lawrie both recorded strong margins despite weaker revenue, while Chinas GTS Chemical Holdings revenu ...

With fresh plants springing up to make high-grade products, China has boosted its total mineral base oil capacity to over 8.3 million metric tons per ...

Kazakh lube maker Hill Corp.s base oil production project has moved forward after a previous unsuccessful bid to find a contractor, the company told L ...

Indias Savita Oil Technologies Ltd. reported a 58 percent rise in net profit for the quarter ended March 31, thanks to lower expenses during the perio ...

Indias GP Petroleums Ltd., a subsidiary of the United Arab Emirates-based Gulf Petrochem Group, posted a 100 percent rise in its fourth-quarter net pr ...

Pakistani lubricant supplier Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. aims to increase sales by expanding into Afghanistan and launching a chain of retail fuel outlets ...

As China seeks to transform itself from the worlds factory into a producer of value-added goods, the countrys appetite for sophisticated greases is gr ...

The Uz-Prista Recycling joint venture opened its first base oil rerefinery in Uzbekistan last week during a ceremony attended by company and governmen ...

Pakistani lubricant supplier Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. reported a 110 percent rise in its third-quarter net profit, thanks to higher other income and lo ...