Cepsa Quimica closed on its acquisition of 27.88% of Deten Quimica from Brazil’s Petrobras, after obtaining authorization from a government agency. ...

Perstorp Group announced on July 7 that it has increased production capacity of 2-ethylhexanoic acid at its plant in Stenungsund, Sweden, to meet glob ...

Nigerian blender and distributor Ardova Plc’s lubricants and greases segment reported an increase of more than 200% in its net profit and a large ri ...

Battery swapping could make heavy-duty battery vehicles a viable alternative to diesel, but there are obstacles before this bastion of fossil-fuel tra ...

Chinese lubricant marketer Lopal Tech Co. reported that operating income for its lubricant products segment fell nearly 30%, and Richful Lube Additive ...

United States base oils production declined 2% in April, compared to the same month last year, a U.S. government agency reported last week. Output of ...

Brazil’s base oil production, which is mainly API Group I, increased by nearly 20% in May, while imports slipped by 6% and import volume year to dat ...

ACEA’s new heavy-duty engine oil sequences have finally been released a year later than their light-duty counterparts. Why the delay? How do the new ...

Shell completed the sale last week of an oil products storage facility in the Jebal Ali Free Zone area of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Used to store l ...

Russian independent lubricant maker Cupper plans to build a lubricant blending plant in Dzershinsk, in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod oblast. The project ...

Sales of new passenger cars in Russia are expected to plummet to about 454,000 vehicles in 2022, a 67% decline from the 1.5 million units sold last ye ...

Profits tumbled for three Bangladesh lubricant companies – MJL Bangladesh, Lub-rref and Eastern Lubricants Blenders Ltd. – for the quarter ended M ...

ExxonMobil is evaluating the possibility of building capacity to make API Group III base oils, according to the head of its base oil business. For now ...

Finished lubricants consumption in Japan dipped 1%, while production jumped by nearly 60% in May, compared to the same month last year, according to d ...

The United States exported 33% more and imported more than 110% more automotive, diesel and marine engine lubricating oils in 2021 than the country di ...

Ineos Oligomers announced this week the startup of its new 120,000-metric-tons-per-year low viscosity polyalphaolefins unit at its facility in Chocola ...

Lubricant consumption in France decreased 8% to 44,086 metric tons in April, compared to the same month last year, according to data released on Satur ...

Chevron Lubricants Lanka Plc. reported hefty increases in profit and sales for the quarter ending March 31, and Lanka IOC Plc. posted much higher prof ...

Vietnam plans to slash its environmental protection tax on lubricants and greases by about one-third to help companies cope with the rising cost of ra ...

The average age of light vehicles in the United States rose 9% to 12.1 years in 2021, from 11.1 years in 2012, and is projected to bump up to 12.2 yea ...