A new player is scheduled this year to join the ranks of South Korean base oil suppliers. An API Group II plant being built by Hyundai Oilbank and She ...

Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. held a ceremony last week marking the start of construction for a lubricant packaging plant in Lahore, Pakistan. The facility ...

Lubricant marketers in India have begun working harder to cultivate positive images for their products. Analysts say suppliers are trying various stra ...

Gulf Oil Corp. Ltd. plans to construct a blending plant in or near Chennai, India. Officials say the business will also augment an existing plant in S ...

New auto sales in China topped 20 million units for the first time in 2013, solidifying the countrys status as the worlds largest market. Sales of new ...

In a recent test by China Consumer Report magazine, Kunlun Tianyuan engine oil caused more engine-clogging deposits than four other leading synthetic ...

Lubricant marketer China Rerun Chemical reported that gross profits for the 12 months ended Aug. 31 increased 22 percent compared to the previous year ...

Gulf Oil Corp. shareholders on Thursday gave a ringing endorsement to managements proposal to carve out the companys lubricant business. In a court-or ...

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has effectively imposed a steep tax hike on lubricants by removing them from the list of items subject to its value ...

Lube Report Asia has launched, bringing breaking news of Asia’s vibrant lube industry to your inbox every Tuesday. Check out the current issue a ...

Base stock sellers and buyers in China now have a platform where they can comingle in search of mutually beneficial deals. Since last month, base stoc ...

Saudi Aramco has agreed to buy most of Hanjin Energys stake in S-Oil, according to several reports, giving the Saudi oil company a controlling share i ...

Gulf Oil Ltd. said late last year that it has entered three more markets - Kazakhstan, South Sudan and Croatia. The Indian lubricants and fuels suppli ...

Japans Idemitsu Kosan Co. announced last week the start-up of a new lubricant plant in Haiphong City, Vietnam. Officials said the 31,000 tons per year ...

Chinas Hainan Handi Sunshine Petrochemical Co. is preparing to build a base oil plant that will increase its capacity from 300,000 metric tons per yea ...

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Naphthenic base oil producer Panjin Northern Asphalt has opened a paraffinic Group II plant in northern China. The new facility, located in Liaoning P ...

Chinas Sinopec has found a way to get its transformer oil sold in other countries - by tying in with Chinese transformer manufacturers.

Japan's economy has been expanding, which should mean opportunity in one of the world's largest lubricant markets. Even so, Japanese lube marketers ar ...

The new year marked the implementation in China of higher gasoline quality standards designed to help reduce air pollution. One observer warns that au ...