Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. trimmed its losses while increasing sales revenue for the quarter ending Dec. 31 and for the full year 2022. ...

KLK Oleo acquired a controlling stake in Italian oleochemical producer Temix Oleo, the companies announced. The move expands KLK Oleo’s capabilities ...

French oil major TotalEnergies handed over management of its Russia lubricant business to a Russian entity, and the transaction includes its 40,000 me ...

Independent lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE reported a 2% increase in profits after tax in 2022 and a 19% bump in sales revenue, stating that ra ...

Shell and China National Offshore Oil Co. are moving forward with plans to begin producing linear alpha olefins at their joint venture chemical refine ...

Germany’s GEA announced today that it will supply equipment toward expansion of Albemarle’s lithium hydroxide processing plant in Western Australi ...

Chevron Lubricants Lanka Plc reported a drop in profit for the quarter ending Dec. 31 but a huge increase in its bottom line for the full year, while ...

The American Petroleum Institute announced that an engine sequence test included in most active North American passenger car motor oil specifications ...

Brazil’s base oil market may have had a down year in 2022, but it’s off to a healthy start in 2023, as domestic production and imports both rose y ...

Clean Harbors’ Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions segment and rerefiner Heritage-Crystal Clean’s oil business segment both reported higher sale ...

Domestic lubricant demand in Germany decreased 5% in 2022 and was down 17% for December, compared to the same periods in 2021, according to data relea ...

Japan’s consumption of finished lubricants jumped 28%, and its lubricants production increased 17%, while lube imports dropped 37% in January, accor ...

Volatility in key factors – including base oil and crude oil prices, additives costs and the Indian rupee – made margin-balancing challenging for ...

When will ILSAC GF-7 make its debut, and what updates might it include? Steve Haffner weighs in.

It’s been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine. How has the fallout affected the lubricants market in the region and abroad?

Cosan’s Moove and HF Sinclair’s lubricants and specialties segment both reported higher profits for 2022 but lower profits in the year’s fourth ...

The Latin American base oil market is going through a challenging time as its top economies – Brazil and Mexico – underperform and domestic base o ...

Belgian oleochemical producer Oleon will double the capacity of its isostearic acid and dimer production unit in Ertvelde, Belgium, by 2024 to support ...

Luberef said Sunday that a previously announced expansion of its base oil plant in Yanbu’ al Bahr, Saudi Arabia, will increase capacity by 230,000 m ...

Bangladeshi lubricant blenders MJL Bangladesh, Lube-rref and Eastern Lubricants Blenders all reported strong increases in profits and sales for the qu ...