JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. began commercial operations last month at its new lubricant factory in Haiphong, Vietnam. The Japanese energy giant is ba ...

This month will see the startup of a new, privately owned polyalphaolefin plant in China. By early July, say officials with Naco Lubrication Co. Ltd., ...

These two regions already consume 8 percent of the world's finished lubes. As they bounce back from economic and civil turmoil, will the taps open wid ...

Seeing an open door to the world's lubricant markets, these young additive companies are eager to expand their reach beyond China's borders.

Consumers are keeping aging vehicles on the road longer, which is creating a booming market for high mileage and synthetic motor oils, according to th ...

Russia will soon introduce a complex export tax formula for different grades of base oil, responding to a request by three Russian oil majors to lower ...

Indias tractor market is the worlds largest, and some analysts say it will continue expanding at healthy rates for the foreseeable future, bringing tr ...

Operating performances of South Korean lubricant businesses have improved lately, helping them regain their luster in stock listings.

Australia will continue to support oil recycling through its consumer-funded rebate program after vetoing a proposal to cut benefits.

BASF and Sinopec will build a neopentylglycol plant at their joint venture petrochemicals complex in Nanjing, China. NPG is used as a building block i ...

British packaging manufacturer RPC Group agreed to buy Hong Kong-based Ace Corp. Holdings Ltd., a manufacturer of injection mold tools and components. ...

The countrys automotive industry is helping to spark a revival of lubricants demand. And to do its part, state oil company Pemex has big plans for bas ...

The Nigeria Automobile Technicians Associations endorsement of Nigerian blender Ammasco International Ltd.s lubricants under a recently reached agreem ...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Takreers flagship 600,000 tons per year API Group II/III base oils plant at Ruwais, U.A.E., is facing further ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE said last week that it has agreed to buy Lubritene and Lubrasa, sister specialty lubricant companies based in South Africa. Lubriten ...

Diesel engine oils are the largest category of automotive lubricants in India, and they are evolving quickly. A Gulf Oil official said recently that t ...

Infineum unveiled a major expansion at its plant in Singapore Wednesday, and the chemical additive company said it is already planning additional capi ...

Castrol India Ltd.s profit dropped 19 percent in the first quarter of 2014. Net profit after taxes was Rs 100.2 crores (U.S. $17.2 million) for the th ...

U.S. biotech company Verdezyne Inc. has reached a preliminary agreement to build a factory in Malaysia to manufacture dodeconedoic acids, at least in ...

Oman Oil has launched a range of finished lubricants that will be sold in the country and several new export markets. That development combined with t ...