GP Petroleums Ltd. will close its lubricant plant in western Indias Daman region due to discontinuation of tax benefits under the countrys new Goods a ...

Chinese refiners have built a lot of capacity to produce API Group II base stocks, but the viscosity indices of the oils from those plants are largely ...

Abu Dhabis Adnoc Distribution, which markets finished lubricants under the Voyager brand, could offer stock worth more than 10 percent of its value by ...

Russian lubricant marketer Lukoilexpects to increase its share in the global marine oil market on the heels of increased sales and expansion of its su ...

A crackdown by regulators in China has forced the closing - at least temporarily - of a number of base oil plants. Most are small and low-tech, but ob ...

As in the United States, large storms and heavy rains have caused flooding and other disruptions throughout much of Asia-Pacific. So far, however, it ...

The Pakistan Standards & Quality Control Authority, the countrys national standards enforcer, recently seized a unit of Golden Lubricants for producti ...

Chinas popular online-to-offline sales model seems to hold great opportunities for lube suppliers, but insiders aired some concerns about the method a ...

Volatile crude oil prices continue to undermine the outlook for base oils and finished lubricants, but local markets in the Middle East offer a rare b ...

Kenya plans to increase textile and clothing exports to U.S. $1.5 billion by 2020. This will require investment in production facilities and equipment ...

Small- and medium-size lubricant blenders navigate the pitfalls of tightening regulations, rising labor costs and increased technological demands in A ...

Base oil production at U.S. refineries amounted to nearly 30.8 million barrels in first-half 2017, according to data released Aug. 31 by the federal E ...

Like in many other industries, counterfeiting has also grown into a big problem in the lube market. Some companies enlist technology in the never-endi ...

Grease manufacturer Standard Greases & Specialities Pvt. plans to boost its stake in Andrew Yule Group-managed Tide Water Oil Co. by buying more share ...

Russias historic Mendeleev fuel refinery and lubricant plant resumed operations last month after a two-year production halt, and the embattled enterpr ...

Nature abhors a vacuum, and so do South Koreas base oil producers. Seeing a gaping hole appear in the U.S. market in first-half 2017, they moved fast ...

Chinas central government is working to set deadlines to prohibit the sale of cars and vans that run on fossil fuels, an official told an automobile f ...

Indonesian lubricant blenders might be turning their sights to Vietnam due mainly to the growth potential of its automobile engine oil market, observe ...

Gazprom Neft last week commissioned a process oil production unit at its refinery in Omsk, Western Siberia. The U.S. $7 million plant has 17,000 metri ...

Pakistans Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. reported a 44 percent jump in its annual net profit, as sales and other income surged. A decline in expenses also po ...