JX Nippon Oil & Energy announced a 50-50 joint venture with Tide Water Oil to manufacture and market lubricants in India.

The lubricant market in Pakistan is often overlooked, but closer examination shows it to be sizeable and potentially lucrative. Lube demand is strong ...

Over the last two years, a mix of factors has put the brakes on the Indian economy, with important consequences for the lubricants industry.

What a difference four years makes. Once outclassed in base oils, Chinas refiners have pumped up their base oil refining muscle by 66 percent since 20 ...

In a bid to improve its marketing strategy in China, Lukoil recently introduced online lubricant sales aimed at the countrys most developed regions.

United Arab Emirates-based oil products trader Gulf Petrochem Group is in the midst of an initiative to buy Indian lubricant supplier Sah Petroleums, ...

Lubricant demand volume in Bangladesh is projected to increase 2.5 percent this year mainly due to a stable political environment and industrial growt ...

Sinopec set up its lubricant business as a subsidiary company last week. The action is intended to give the lubricant operations an increased level of ...

Infineum opened a research and development center in Shanghai, China, last week, as part of its growth plan for the Asia-Pacific region.

Saudi Aramco said last week that it agreed to purchase Hanjin Groups 28 percent stake in S-Oil Corp.

The world's third-largest lubricants market may have plateaued in terms of volume, but players throughout India remain upbeat as buyers move up to hig ...

Kazakhstans government introduced a six-month ban effective July 1 on export of lubricants and other petrochemicals as a measure to stop short supplie ...

Italian rerefiner Viscolube agreed to develop a waste oil rerefinery in cooperation with Chinese steelmaker Baosteel. Construction of the facility, wh ...

Japanese metalworking fluids manufacturer Yushiro Chemical Industry Co. recently announced plans to expand its business in India, following the commen ...

Oxea Chemicals finished construction of a specialty esters plant in Nanjing, China. Some of the output will go to the lubricants industry for applicat ...

Many Chinese lubricant suppliers have begun taking tips on marketing from their Western counterparts. Now some are doing the same in the area of packa ...

Tianhe Chemicals confirmed last week that its June 12 stock offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange brought a price of H.K. $1.80 (U.S. 23 cents) per ...

Tianhe Chemicals last week conducted a long-awaited stock offering aimed at raising funds to repay debt and invest in product development of its lubri ...

Greases and lubricants may not jump to mind in discussions of sustainable products, but an ExxonMobil official said synthetic, energy-efficient versio ...

With the explosive growth of the mobile Internet, smartphones and portal terminals have become new tools for marketers, including lubricant suppliers, ...