Nigerian energy company Ardova has opened a sparkling new lubricant blending plant in Apapa, a district of the capital Lagos.

An investigation is ongoing into the cause of a fire at Axel Royal’s Tulsa factory last Tuesday. The blaze sent plumes of black smoke into the air, ...

Japan produced 159,864 kL of finished lubricants in September, a 24% drop from the same month of 2023, according to the latest statistics from the cou ...

Waste oil rerefiner ReGen III aims to be the world’s largest producer of regenerated API Group III base oil when the company commissions its plant ...

Madrid – Avista Green will undertake an expansion of its used lubricant rerefinery in Kalundborg, Denmark, and aims to increase the facility’s bas ...

View from Banting, Malaysia, site of Pentas Flora’s waste oil rerefinery.

United Kingdom-based additive company Infineum will open an additive blending plant in India next year. The announcement last week points to the lubri ...

Chile recently adopted an extended responsibility law that will require lubricant suppliers to ensure that their products are recycled after use.

Base oil exports from South Korea dipped 3% last month, compared to October of 2023, but the value of those exports fell 26%, reflecting the decline i ...

Clean Harbors Inc. warned customers that it has “significantly” raised waste oil collection fees to offset depressed base oil, vacuum gas oil and ...

Brazilian refiners continued making base oil at a steady pace in September, churning out 49,000 kiloliters, according to the latest data from the coun ...

Chinese energy company PetroChina will close its Dalian refinery by mid-2025, making it the first state-owned refinery in China to permanently shut do ...

British energy company Shell will expand production capacity of its synthetic ester fluid subsidiary Midel & Mivolt Fluids Ltd. at the company’s ...

Chevron Marine Lubricants will extend its global supply network to Port Elizabeth in South Africa, allowing it to supply ships trying to avoid conflic ...

Lubricant demand in Germany, including process oils, sank to 26,323 metric tons in August, easily the market’s worst performance in 2024 in terms bo ...

Brazilian lubricant maker and distributor Moove acquired Grupo Pax and its three lubricant companies. The Brazilian Antitrust Authority is yet to appr ...

S-Oil blamed a weaker won and tighter refining margins on its third quarter net loss. The same period in 2023 saw brisk business for the South Korean ...

China’s lubricant industry stands to benefit from the government’s economic stimulus pledges aimed at stemming the current economic instability, s ...

French performance lubricant company Motul has acquired Chem Arrow Corp., a move aimed at expanding its market reach and enhancing its industrial prod ...

Base oil imports to China fell 35% in September, compared to the same month of 2023, as 2024’s demand for foreign base stocks continued running behi ...