Slavneft, a joint venture between Gazprom Neft and Rosneft, delayed the start-up of its Group III base oil plant now under construction in Yaroslavl, ...

If India is one of Asias brightest lubricant markets, then much of its light comes from motorcycle and passenger car engine oil segments. Demand for t ...

Biodiesel continues gaining ground in Indonesia and Malaysia. Indonesia raised its requirement for biodiesel content in diesel from 10 percent to 20 p ...

LONDON – Prospects are improving in West African lubricant markets, especially Ghana and Nigeria, according to two speakers at the ICIS World Ba ...

Citing tough market conditions, Hydrodec Group sold its United Kingdom operations – including its waste oil collection business and a proposed r ...

Petronas Lubricants International last month began construction of a blending plant in the Ezeiza Industrial Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where it ...

MJL Bangladesh announced that it obtained a license from the government to offer marine lubricants duty-free to ocean-going vessels. The Dhaka-based c ...

Chinese lubricant supplier Copton Technology Co. last week gained final approval to launch an initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, ...

One of Kazakhstans two lubricant producers saw its output fall by 60 percent in 2015, according to the administration of the South Kazakhstan region, ...

LONDON – As the most developed lubricant market on its continent, South Africa is surging ahead with demand for higher-quality base stocks and s ...

ExxonMobil and Shell each recently notified U.S. customers of modest cuts in finished lubricant prices, perhaps launching a round of markdowns that th ...

Castrol India Ltd.s 2015 year-end and fourth quarter profits jumped 30 percent and 7 percent, respectively, compared to 2014s corresponding periods, w ...

Perstorp announced recently that it may build a world-scale pentaerythritol factory in India to better position itself to supply the chemical for lubr ...

Chinas Shuangzi Lubricant plans to build a 100,000 metric ton per year blending plant in Liaoning provinces China-Germany Industrial Park in Shenyang ...

Through the first three-quarters of fiscal 2015-2016, Indias lubricant market appears to have fallen short of expectations. While giving scant credenc ...

Despite economic woes and political turmoil that have dampened overall sales volumes, the continent keeps trucking toward synthetic lubricants.

LONDON-As of last month, restrictions on the sale and transfer of base oils in Turkey were lifted, allowing these stocks to be stored and distributed ...

Nigerian officials said a shortage of textile lubricants contributed to the downfall of the countrys textile industry, but blenders there told Lube Re ...

Despite a 4 percent drop in Southeast Asias sales of four-wheel vehicles in 2015 and a 12 percent slide in motorcycle and scooter sales, industry anal ...

API Group II is becoming the dominant grade in Chinas base stock market, a trend that should continue with further capacity additions in coming years, ...