Much of the recent discussion about the Middle East has focused on its emergence as an important base oil hub. In stark contrast, little attention has ...

Nigeria held its first Lubricant Summit in Lagos in August to discuss the state of the industry and plan the sectors future. Attendees paid particular ...

Boris Kamchev reports on the opening of the SK-Repsol Cartagena plant.

Matrica, a 50-50 joint venture between Eni subsidiary Versalis and Novamont, welcomed European stakeholders on Friday to its newly-built Italian biore ...

Gulf Oil International is working to expand its geographical reach in China. The lubricant blender and marketer signed up a few dozen Chinese distribu ...

Gulf Petrochem on Wednesday announced an offer to acquire an additional 26 percent of Sah Petroleums Ltd. from public shareholders. Gulf Petrochem alr ...

Shares of lubricant additives supplier Tianhe Chemicals Group resumed trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Thursday after a month-long suspension t ...

Lukoils refinery, lubricant blending plant and other production facilities in Ploiesti, Romania, were shut down the past few days by authorities probi ...

Naco Lubrication Co. and Luan Group are building a plant in Chinas Shanxi Province that will use coal-to-liquids feedstocks to manufacture polyalphaol ...

Petronas announced new sales strategies and expansion plans for gaining market share in Thailand and India.

Our exclusive Lubricants Industry Salary Survey is back! The three-part series starts with the folks who make it all happen: lube plant managers.

It took $1.4 billion and nearly 10 years to make Chevron's new base oil plant a reality. George Gill goes inside the gates at Pascagoula to hear what' ...

China's lube industry has over 4,000 suppliers -- too many says Wu Xinghe of the feisty independent China Rerun. To thrive, you need the right deal.

U.S. refinery production of base oils in this year's first half went swimmingly, and export activity was brisk as well. Imports were another story.

This month we feature plant managers compensation. In November, well look at sales and marketing, and in December well wrap up the 2014 reports with l ...

U.S. refinery production of base oils in the years first half reached 28.6 million barrels. Thats a gain of 2.9 percent over the 27.8 million barrels ...

Russian state-owned oil major Rosneft and petrochemicals company Sibur signed a five-year lubricants development and supply deal. Under the five-year ...

Lube manufacturer Chem-Trend, a Freudenberg Group business unit, said last week that major expansion projects in China and India will be completed ove ...

The Lubricant Producers Association of Nigeria and the Nigeria Customs Service resolved an impasse caused when the agency continued to charge a 10 per ...

South Koreas refiners are working to strengthen their lubricant retail networks using a variety of strategies, from a new chain of oil change centers ...