Base oil production in the United States continues on the path to recovery, but the import and export scene has been slightly altered by geopolitical ...

The United States’ base oil production declined 16% in September, and production for the first nine months of the year was down 4%, compared to the ...

North American lubricant demand in 2021 almost recovered to pre-pandemic levels, driven by strong growth in the United States’ market. Despite infla ...

The global lubricants market will stagnate through 2050, with sluggish demand for transportation lubricants estimated to fall 1.1% per year on average ...

Luberef on Sunday announced plans for an initial public stock offering – which analysts estimated could raise U.S. $1 billion – and that it intend ...

Nigerian lubricants blender and marketer Conoil reported a 38% drop in gross profit and flat sales revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared to ...

South Korea exported 23% less base oil volume in October, and the declared value of the exports was down 14%, compared to the same month last year, ac ...

France’s lubricant consumption was flat at 44.4 million tons in September, nearly unchanged from the same month last year, Paris-based Professional ...

The shift to electric vehicles will make a significant dent in global passenger car motor oil demand within 20 years, attendees at an industry confere ...

Luberef signed memorandums of understanding with several companies this month, agreeing to explore the possibility of constructing facilities to produ ...

The Hinduja family is reportedly nearing resolution to a long-running feud and could divide a business empire that includes Gulf Oil Lubricants India ...

The Sinarmas Cepsa Pte joint venture will expand production of biobased chemicals at its fatty alcohol plant in Indonesia, under an agreement announce ...

Valvoline’s new business model – following the August announcement of the sale of its lubes unit to Saudi Aramco – kept positive momentum in sal ...

The United States’ exports of base oil experienced a 41% year-to-year plunge in August – to the lowest volume since May 2020 – while imports of ...

South Korean lubricant marketer startup Seoul Innovative Technologies Corp. recently began to have lubricants produced in Russia through a toll blendi ...

The European Commission last week released a much-awaited draft of Euro 7, its next automobile emissions standard, focused on cracking down further on ...

BRB International announced last week the opening of a lubricant additives factory in Echt, Netherlands, a facility that will serve as the Petronas su ...

Japanese lubricant blender Idemitsu Kosan developed an ash-free heavy-duty diesel engine oil with no metallic detergents while maintaining anti-wear p ...

Among South Korean base oil refiners, SK Lubricants reported a slight increase in operating profit for the third quarter, noting that lower costs and ...

Shell completed an expansion that more than doubles the size of its lubricant blending plant on Indonesia’s Java island, raising capacity to 300 mil ...