Asia

Chinas slowing economy brings the domestic lubricant industry enormous challenges, including a decline in traditional manufacturing industries and a m ...

Indian grease and lubricant producer Balmer Lawrie said it plans to double its domestic market share in the next five years through expanded manufactu ...

Convincing Indian motorists to use higher quality engine oils requires a collective effort by car and motorcycle manufacturers, oil marketers, install ...

An April 9 fire damaged an Ahmedabad, India, depot owned by a distributor of Tide Water Oil Co., burning approximately Rs 13.5 million (U.S. $212,000) ...

With 240 million existing vehicles and booming sales, China is a crucial automotive lubes market, Infineum says. However, suppliers must cater to the ...

S-Oil saw first quarter base oil revenue drop compared to the same period a year ago because of a slide in prices, but its operating income surged sig ...

The Asia-Pacific region accounts for around 70 percent of the global two-wheeler market, said an Infineum International Ltd. presenter in Stuttgart, G ...

Games Oil Marketers Play

April 14, 2015

Lube marketer Motul signed an agreement last month to promote its brand through an online racing video game now under development in South Korea.

Kazakhstan reduced export duties on lubricants, crude oil and other petroleum products, and identified the lowest acceptable crude oil price that stil ...

Chevron Lummus Global and ExxonMobil have had a near corner on the business of providing technologies needed to refine API Group II and III base stock ...

Malaysias Petronas Lubricants International recently opened a new research and development center in China and launched several new products for domes ...

Most motorists in five Asian nations get their engine oil changed by professionals and follow experts advice in choosing which oil to use, according t ...

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange suspended trading of Tianhe Chemicals Group Ltd. shares Thursday. Tianhe said it requested the suspension because a delay ...

Elco Keen on Grease

March 25, 2015

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Emirates Lube Oil Co (Elco) confirmed to Lube Report it commenced operations at a new grease plant located in Umm ...

South Korea and China recently announced that their forthcoming free-trade pact will take 15 years to eliminate Chinese tariffs on South Korean base o ...

Yip’s Sees Dip in 2014

March 24, 2015

Hong Kongs Yips Chemical Holdings Ltd. posted a loss of HK $2.9 million (U.S. $374,000) for its lubricants division in 2014, down from a profit of HK ...

China National Offshore Oil Co. expects to open a base oil plant in Taizhou, China, by the end of this year, and it has already agreed to supply a sig ...

Gazpromneft-Lubricants is pushing to enter the markets of China and Libya; for the former it plans to open local production by 2019, in the latter it ...

Gazprom to Blend in China

March 10, 2015

Russias Gazpromneft-Lubricants plans to establish distribution channels in China this year and to build a production facility there by 2019, the compa ...

Moresco Corp. and China Rerun Chemical Group reported gains in profits - Moresco for its third quarter, Rerun for its 2014 fiscal year. Castrol India ...