The SK Enmove base oils and lubricants business, S-Oil’s base oils and lubricants business and joint venture Hyundai Shell Base Oil all suffered dou ...

Japan’s production of finished lubricants decreased 7%, while domestic sales were down 4% in September, a government agency reported Tuesday. The pr ...

Which factors stunted base oil production in the United States during the first half of this year?

Brazil’s base oil production plummeted 51%, and the country’s base oil imports volume fell 23% in September, according to government agency data r ...

United States base oil production jumped 18% in August, marking the first year-on-year increase in production volume since January. Total base oil out ...

Fuchs SE posted an 11% increase in third quarter profits, compared to the same period of last year, despite a small drop in sales revenue. In its earn ...

Germany’s finished lubricants demand, including process oils, decreased 6% in August, although several categories experienced double-digit year-on-y ...

Eneos Corp. this month permanently closed its crude oil refinery in Arida city, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, including its largest remaining base oil p ...

China’s government announced last month a four-year extension of a consumption tax exemption for petroleum products made from recycled waste mineral ...

Moresco reported a 10% increase in specialty lubricant sales and a 39% drop in synthetic lubricant sales for the six months ending Aug. 31, attributin ...

At least some lubricant manufacturers in Mexico were said to be scrambling with disruptions in base oil deliveries after the nation’s president impo ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom finally signed into law a first-in-nation bill that requires large U.S. corporations to disclose their carbon emissio ...

Afton Chemical reported a 68% jump in operating profit despite a 4% decline in sales for the quarter ending Sept. 30, as lubricant additive shipments ...

Lubricant consumption in Africa is forecast to grow at a compound annual rate of 2.4% over the next five years, an official with base oil trader Penth ...

Latvia’s national agency for waste management recently unveiled a campaign to improve handling of waste oil and to strengthen regulation of its coll ...

Sigaus, a non-profit organization that manages Spain’s recycling of used lubricants, last month decided to reduce the contribution of its member com ...

South Korea exported 21% less base oil in September, and the reported value of those shipments fell 34%, a government agency reported.

India’s Savita Oil Technologies Ltd. commissioned a new synthetic ester manufacturing plant, citing opportunities in new product categories and the ...

S-Oil is contracting Gulf Lubricants Oil India Ltd. to blend and distribute its finished lubes in India – the first time S-Oil lubes have been manuf ...

The U.S. Supreme Court last week decided against reviewing a lawsuit first by the Minnesota Auto Dealers Association challenging the state’s adoptio ...