Hyundai and Shell Base Oil has pushed up run rates at its API Group II base oil plant in Daesan, Korea.

Shell awaits final approval from the Competition Commission of India before it can buy Raj Petro Specialities Private Ltd. from Brenntag Group.

Growth in developing markets and supply chain disruptions have led to the emergence of a new generation of additives suppliers. Trevor Gauntlett expla ...

Japan’s production and sales of finished lubricating oils both fell in November, compared to the same month of last year, continuing what has been a ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants India inked a three-year partnership with fuel retailer Nyara Energy to sell its entire automotive product range.

The Fergana refinery in Uzbekistan will start up a hydrogen generator to supply gas to a hydrocracker currently under construction. The new units are ...

Base oil imports to China fell 26% in November, compared to the same month of 2023, as this year’s incoming shipments continued running well behind ...

Domestic base oil demand in the United States has steadily declined over the past two years, pushing suppliers to boost exports in order to keep the m ...

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd is investing U.S.$551 million on expanding base stocks production at its Mumbai refinery, the company announced.

Europe is still the biggest consumer and producer of API Group I base oils, even as demand is falling, leading to an oversupplied market, according to ...

The amount of base oil exports from South Korea jumped 23% in November, compared to the same month of 2023, but the value of those exports rose only 3 ...

United States-based chemical maker Ingevity will invest more than U.S.$53 million into a facility near its headquarters in South Carolina, U.S., accor ...

Cerilon, the start-up company working to build North America’s first gas-to-liquids base oil plant, said Tuesday that it has obtained one of the fin ...

Lubricant makers in the United States gobbled up record quantities of imported base stocks in September, according to recent data published by the Ene ...

Germany-based OQ Chemicals announced it will increase prices for its range of carboxylic acids.

Fuchs Group completed the acquisition of the Swiss industrial lubricant company Strub. In Sepetmber, the company signed a letter of intent to absorb t ...

Brazilian lube company Vibra completed expansion works of its Lubrax lubricant plant in Duque de Caxias to the tune of $16.55 million.

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 ...