Eastern Europe increased its share of the continents total lubricant demand from 43 percent in 2007 to 45 percent in 2016. Industry insiders believe t ...

Africas grease demand is expanding due to agricultural, industrial, infrastructure and mining projects. However, grease blending capacity on the conti ...

Europe is set to become a major global hub for the production of high-performance base stocks over the next ten years. Progress will be driven by rene ...

Ever since the easing of international sanctions on Iran, experts have speculated about the role the country will play in oil markets. Iran boasts the ...

Umongo Petroleum acquired South African base oil distributor Orbichem Petrochemicals, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary. Terms were not disclosed ...

Chinas Dongfeng Motor Corp. (Shiyan) Lubricating Oil Co. recently announced plans to build its second blending plant by April 2018.

Fuchs Lubricants (Australasia) Ptys new blending plant near Newcastle on Australias east coast will help it shut its dated facility nearby, triple its ...

Duties and taxes on synthetic lubricants in Sri Lanka shot up by 31 percent late last year, a move commerce advocate groups and traders say is roiling ...

Russian passenger cars and light commercial vehicles consumed 280 million liters of motor oils in 2016, up 4.3 percent from 2015, and the growth of it ...

North America is a large importer of API Group III base stocks but it produces only a small portion of those oils. As the regions demand for Group III ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider its use of Toxic Substances Control Act Section 5 to review medium- and long-chain chlorinate ...

In its initial public offering, Jiangsu Lopal Petrochemical Co. raised 494 million (U.S. $71.68 million) to build several new production, warehouse an ...

Tianhe Chemicals Groups lubricant additives segment recorded a 24 percent higher gross profit in 2016, according to a filing that also informed the Ho ...

Chevron Lanka recorded a 13 percent higher profit in 2016 - its best year yet - due to growth in the countrys manufacturing and power generation secto ...

Eastern Europes lubricant demand declined 0.5 percent from 2015 to just slightly above 3 million tons in 2016, hindered by economic problems in Russia ...

Russian oil major Slavneft, a 50-50 joint venture of Rosneft and Gazprom Neft, is set to stream its first batches of Group III base oil at its Yarosla ...

BP Castrol, Martin Lubricants, Cam2 International and Smittys Supply notified U.S. customers of finished lubricant increases that take effect from mid ...

Pakistans Oil and Gas Regulation Authority has granted an unprecedented number of marketing licenses to lubricant players in recent months in hopes of ...

The growing popularity of app-based, on-demand oil change services in Indonesia gives lubricant marketers a new channel of distribution into second- a ...

Upon their merger later this week, Japanese oil majors JX Holdings and TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK together will be the countrys largest supplier of lubric ...