Lubricant consumption in France declined 5% to 36,679 metric tons in August, compared to the same month last year, Paris-based Professional Lubricants ...

A collaborative initiative collected 15% more used marine oils in the first nine months of this year in Italy’s Ostia port area than in the same per ...

Russian independent lube maker Nordoil plans to expand its lubricant production site near Moscow to help fill the supply shortage caused by the exodus ...

Just when things looked like they were getting back to normal, the conflict in Ukraine prolonged base oil market uncertainty.

ExxonMobil is upgrading its lubricant blending plant in Tianjin, China, in response to projected long-term demand growth from Chinese customers, the c ...

BASF announced on Tuesday it will invest an undisclosed amount to build a neopentyl glycol plant with 80,000 metric tons per year capacity at its new ...

Moresco Corp. reported an 11% increase in sales revenue for its specialty lubricants segment and a 4% decline in sales for its synthetic lubricants se ...

Infineum announced yesterday it will acquire Billerica, Massachusetts-based Entegris’ Pipeline and Industrial Materials business as part of its tran ...

Nigerian National Petroleum Co. has acquired OVH Energy Marketing, operator of the Oando fuels and lubricants business and one of the largest lubrican ...

The European Union introduced a new set of sanctions against Russia last week that restricts Russian oil and petroleum products – including base oil ...

Japan’s finished lubricants consumption surged up by 79%, and production was up 31% in August, compared to the same month last year, according to da ...

BASF and Hannong Chemicals have tentatively agreed to form a joint venture that would manufacture non-ionic surfactants in South Korea for metalworkin ...

Pakistan-based blender Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd.’s consolidated net profit for the quarter ended June 30 was down by more than 900%, while sales were ...

Finished lubricant demand in Latin America and the Caribbean rebounded in 2021 to pre-pandemic levels – reaching 3.9 million tons, boosted by the re ...

The United States’ base oil production slipped 9% to in July, while production for the first seven months of the year was up 1%, compared to the sam ...

Kirei Chemical LLC, an Anglo-Russian company headquartered in London, announced it is building a lubricant additive factory in Russia and that it will ...

The breakneck speed at which new regulations are being implemented in Europe may create drastic disruptions that the lubricant additives industry must ...

Additives manufacturer SI Group is expanding production capacity at its Rasal, India, factory for antioxidants used in lubricants and greases, and wil ...

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. reported that its lubricant sales declined 12% in fiscal year 2021-2022 as it dealt with constraints that included avai ...

Asia-Pacific accounted for close to 80% of about 1.6 to 1.7 million tons of worldwide motorcycle engine oil demand in 2021 – led by India, Indonesia ...