The Sri Lankan agency planning to allow more competition in the nations lubricant market was advised recently that it should instead crack down on smu ...

Tianjin-based lubricant manufacturer Beiersdorf Petroleum and Chemical Corp. is building a second blending facility on the opposite side of the countr ...

The market for high quality base oils and synthetics in India will expand going forward as automakers strive to meet stringent environmental legislati ...

Group design, a holistic approach or a team effort - however its described, the key to achieving the next set of automotive fuel economy goals is work ...

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. expects to complete formulation approvals for ADbase, a range of API Group II and Group III base oils, within the next year ...

Russian independent lube producer Obninskorgsintez recently opened a new grease plant in Obninsk, Russia, and is enjoying healthy growth thanks to pre ...

ExxonMobil has agreed to purchase Indonesian lubricant blender PT Federal Karyatama, the companies announced this week, part of a plan to expand in th ...

SK Lubricants said last week that it was tabling a planned initial public offering for the third time after once again failing to achieve a desired va ...

Valvoline Inc. announced plans Wednesday to invest 443 million (U.S. $70 million) to build its first lubricants plant in China to meet growing demand ...

As new base oil production hubs emerge, the industrys supply base is diversifying, disrupting established trade flows and intensifying competition amo ...

Japans base oil export volumes plunged 24 percent last year as production and domestic sales fell and imports continued to increase, according to init ...

Automotive lubricant demand in Canada is expected to fall roughly 5 percent from 390,000 metric tons in 2016 to 370,000 tons in 2021, thanks to length ...

Shell announced yesterday that it agreed to sell its downstream business in Argentina to Raizen, a 50-50 joint venture with Brazilian sugar producer C ...

The transport sector creates as much carbon dioxide as power generation, but faces far harsher punitive fines, said a representative from the European ...

Starburst or none, Toyota is recommending SAE 0W-16 for the 2018 Camry. Will others in the North American market follow suit before GF-6 debuts?

Australian independent motor oils blender Nulon has submitted plans to build a $10 million, 10,696 square meter production and warehousing factory in ...

Chinese additives manufacturer Jinzhou Kangtai published an updated prospectus in March, hoping to gain approval from Chinas securities regulatory com ...

JXTG Holdings Inc., said it resumed full production at its Wakayama refinery's API Group I base oil plant last month and began exporting product, a co ...

Against a backdrop of economic hardship, increased awareness of car maintenance and a crackdown on fake oils has seen an uptick in the sale of genuine ...

The regions cement business is growing. But a dusty, hot and heavy environment make cement plants punishing arenas in which lubricants have to perform ...