The coal-to-liquids base oil operations that Shanxi Luan Group is opening in Changzhi, China, this year includes a plant with capacity to make 3,000 m ...

Repsol announced Monday an agreement to acquire 40 percent of lubricant distributor Bardahl de Mexico, which will enable the Spanish energy company to ...

Uzbekistan plans to overhaul its obsolete refining capacity to produce API Group II and Group III base oils so that the countrys lube marketers dont n ...

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd., one of the key players in Indias lubricants market, is upbeat about prospects there, expecting continued growth spurred by dema ...

Lanxess Corp. said sales revenue from its Additives business are rising since its acquisition of Chemtura in the spring of 2017, the company said in a ...

Oman Trading International, a subsidiary of Oman Oil Marketing Co., inked an agreement with Kenyas Hass Petroleum to sell the Muscat-based marketers r ...

The European Union is working on a revision of its Ecolabel standard for lubricants. Regulators say the proposed changes will strengthen protections f ...

African vehicles face a perfect storm of adverse operating conditions - hot weather, low-quality oils and poor maintenance practices. The result is en ...

The country is one of the biggest economies on the continent, with a highly developed and growing food processing industry. As activity increases, so ...

Profits at Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. have more than doubled in the past three years, thanks in part to the development of a broad, multi-tiered s ...

After several years of tribulation, Brazils economy is making a much-awaited recovery. An economist said recently that that recovery is of great inter ...

Lukoils LLK International sold 863,000 metric tons of finished lubricant products in 2017, up 13.4 percent from 761,000 tons sold in 2016, a spokesper ...

Irans API Group I base oil exports face renewed pressure as the United States lobbies key allies to cease all imports of Iranian oil ahead of a Nov. 4 ...

Automotive engine oil demand in Southeast Asia is gradually shifting from obsolete grades to higher quality products, a Lubrizol official told an indu ...

Esso (Thailand) Public Co. plans to increase its lubricant market share by expanding its motorcycle oil distribution channels, said a company executi ...

Base oil imports to Brazil have increased sharply in 2018, jumping 38 percent in the first five months of the year compared to the same period of 2017 ...

Serbian lube marketer Fam recently opened a corrosion inhibitor and degreaser production unit. The government is now seeking a foreign investor follow ...

Electric vehicles are on the rise, but internal combustion engines will continue to dominate vehicle populations for the foreseeable future, meaning l ...

ExxonMobil announced Tuesday that it is planning a multi-billion dollar expansion at its Singapore refining complex, which will increase output of API ...

After several years of decline, Brazil's lubricant industry is showing signs of reviving, according to speakers at an industry conference in Rio de Ja ...