Nynas AB – one of the world’s largest naphthenic base oil producers and the only large European source – is halting direct sales in North Americ ...

Shell has vowed to close its lubricant business along with other operations in Russia to protest that country’s invasion of Ukraine. TotalEnergies s ...

Brussels, Belgium-based Solvay announced last week it was reviewing plans to separate the company into two independent publicly traded companies – E ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE, the world’s largest independent lubricant supplier, reported a 15% increase in profits after tax in 2021 – reflecting recovery ...

Vietnam plans to reduce its environmental protection tax for greases, lubricants and other oil products, effective April 1 to Dec. 31 this year, accor ...

Singaporean independent lubricant blender AP Oil reported higher net profit but lower sales for the second half of 2021 and for the full year. Despite ...

China National Offshore Oil Corp. is finalizing plans for a large base oil expansion at its refinery in Taizhou, Jiangsu province – part of an effor ...

Vertex Energy Inc. reported large increases in gross profit and revenues for the quarter ended Dec. 31 and full year 2021 for its used motor oil colle ...

Lubrizol announced last week that it appointed board of directors Chairwoman Mary Rhinehart to the additional posts of president and chief executive o ...

The United States imported 28% more base oil last year than in 2020, and the volume surpassed 2019’s total, according to U.S. Energy Information Adm ...

Lubricant sales in France were up slightly for 2021 and in December, compared to the same periods in 2020, according to an industry association’s da ...

As Russian forces continue to batter Ukraine, it’s no surprise that Ukraine’s lubricant industry is being impacted. Manufacturing plants in proxim ...

Al-Manar, an Egyptian automotive parts dealer and lubricant blender, announced it started operations at a new production facility last week. The plant ...

Chevron Lubricants Lanka Plc reported much higher profits and sales for the fourth quarter and the full year of 2021, and Pakistan-based blender Hi-Te ...

Thai officials working to foster agriculture-based industry have highlighted lubricants as one of two types of products offering the best opportunity ...

The South American country’s output of base oil – primarily consisting of API Group I oils – declined to 44,000 metric tons in January, down fro ...

Heritage-Crystal Clean’s oil business segment – including oil collection and rerefining activities and sales of recycled fuel oil – recorded inc ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency unveiled on Monday proposals to implement more stringent nitrous oxide emissions limits on heavy-dut ...

Shell announced today that it will close its finished lubricant manufacturing plant in Torzhok, Russia, and shut down its lubricants business in the c ...

Specialty chemical supplier Perstorp AB will begin this month to produce isononanoic acids at its factory in Stenungsund, Sweden. The Malmo, Sweden-ba ...