Base oil exports from South Korea tanked in June, falling 4% from the same month of 2023, when the quantity was also exceptionally meager.

ExxonMobil entered an agreement to have its lubricants toll blended in Morocco by Ola Energy, the latter company announced last month.

Shell announced last week that it has completed an expansion of its grease manufacturing plant in Bangkok, tripling the facility’s production capaci ...

Lubricant demand in India, the world’s third-largest market, has grown to 3.11 metric tons per year and will continue expanding, a Hindustan Petrole ...

Industry watchdog Verification of Lubricant Specifications reported recently that a metalworking fluids supplier altered the formulation for a cutting ...

The portion of greases made with lithium thickeners continued to decline in Europe in 2023, according to the latest survey by the National Lubricating ...

Biofuels producer BBGI Group, along with fellow Thailand-based partners SCG Chemicals and QTC Energy, announced successful testing of their palm oil-b ...

South Korea’s base oil export volume jumped 21% in May, while the reported value of those exports increased 4%, compared to the same month last year ...

South Korean lubricants blender Michang Petroleum reported a 13% increase in net profit despite a 4% decline in sales revenue for the quarter ended Ma ...

A Costa Rican lubricant company this week opened what it claims to be the first waste lubricant refinery in Central America.

Sales at oil change and lubrication shops in the United States rose 14% to $8 billion in 2023, continuing a trend of year-on-year increases since decl ...

The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, one of the foremost lubricant technical associations in North America, announced the launch of ...

Two of Europe’s important lubricant industry trade groups – ATIEL and UEIL – have formed a joint committee to work on sustainability topics of i ...

Russian new passenger car sales surged to 617,000 units in the first five months of 2024, marking an 81% rebound from slumping sales in the same perio ...

As China pushes to be a major player in global high-tech industries such as artificial intelligence, polyalphaolefin base stocks have more opportuniti ...

Pakistani blender Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. reported a much smaller net loss for its lubricants segment for the nine months ended March 31, despite a dr ...

Malaysia’s Petronas Lubricants International has tied up with United Kingdom-based Iceotope to develop coolants for data centers, becoming the lates ...

The United States exported 16% more base oil in March – including hefty increases in volumes to India, Ecuador and the United Arab Emirates, accordi ...

United States exports of automotive, diesel and marine engine oils rose 14% by value in 2023, while imports of those materials declined 28%, according ...

Uzbekistan’s Saneg said it aims to increase its base oil sales by directly targeting the European market, asserting it has improved the quality of i ...