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Brazil is expected to show sustained demand for API Group II and Group III base oils in the coming years, an industry executive said Dec. 1 during a p ...

Chinese lubricant marketer Lopal Tech Co. reported that increases in the average selling prices by its lubricants segment allowed the unit to overcome ...

Graphene Manufacturing Group Ltd. commissioned a natural gas-to-graphene production plant in Richlands, Australia, that is intended to make different ...

Saudi Aramco signed definitive agreements to acquire a 40% equity stake in Gas & Oil Pakistan Ltd. – a diversified downstream fuels, lubricants ...

In a move to diversify, NewMarket Corp., the parent company of lubricant additive supplier Afton Chemical, agreed to buy American Pacific Corp., a pro ...

Lubricating oil producers in Chile will need to organize programs to collect and recycle waste oil under a decree approved last month by the country ...

Lwart Environmental Solutions said recently that it will expand its used lubricant rerefinery in Lençóis, Brazil, by 50%, making it one of the large ...

The European Council and European Parliament reached a provisional agreement Monday to not make major changes to passenger car engine emissions limits ...

Lanxess completed an expansion at its Mannheim, Germany, factory of production capacity for sustainable light-color sulfur carriers – used as extrem ...

Two Italian used oil recycling operators filed an antimonopoly petition against Conou, Italy’s National Consortium for Waste Oils Management, allegi ...

A project to upgrade Uzbekistan’s only base oil plant has been delayed and is now scheduled to be completed in 2025, instead of 2024, according to a ...

South Korea’s GS Caltex reported a 52% third quarter drop in operating profit for its lubricants and base oils business, noting a decline in the spr ...

South Korea exported 10% less base oil in November than in the same month of last year, and the reported value of the exports fell 24%, according to d ...

Will PTFE be banned in the coming years, and how might increasing regulation affect lubricant formulations? What did North American lubricant demand l ...

Terpel Reports Higher Profits

December 13, 2023

Colombian oil and gas company Terpel reported increases in gross profit for its lubricants segment in Colombia and Peru – its two primary geographic ...

Base oil exports from the United States surged 56% in September, boosted by increased shipments to Mexico and South America, while the volume of base ...

The U.S. base oil market was hurt by deteriorating finished lubricant demand in 2023, while strong demand for exports helped soak up a large inventory ...

Will PTFE be banned in the coming years, and how might increasing regulation affect lubricant formulations? What did North American lubricant demand l ...

Fuchs Expands in South Africa

December 11, 2023

Fuchs Lubricants announced it is investing 218 million rand (U.S. $11.4 million) in the second phase of an expansion that will increase production cap ...

Shell and Mobil remain two of the three most popular motor oil brands in Russia, despite Shell and ExxonMobil exiting the country following its 2022 i ...