British energy giant Shell is considering building an API Group II base oil unit at its refinery on Singapore’s Pulau Bukom island, apparently at le ...

The United States Customs and Border Patrol agency has directed the nation’s ports to seize shipments of palm oil and palm oil derivatives from Sime ...

Passenger car registrations in Brazil declined in December but were higher for full year 2021, showing a slight recovery in spite of the ongoing globa ...

BP reported that the underlying replacement cost profit before interest and tax for its Castrol lubricants business climbed 27% in 2021, driven by gro ...

A stock exchange in Minsk, Belarus, started regular trading of finished lubricants last week after officials saw increased interest for trades of thes ...

New passenger and light commercial vehicle sales in Russia increased by 4.3% in 2021, driven primarily by positive sales in the second quarter of the ...

South Korean base oil refiners SK Lubricants and S-Oil reported strong increases in profit for the quarter ending Dec. 31 and for full year 2021. S-Oi ...

Japan consumed 1.5 million kiloliters (1.3 million metric tons) of finished lubricants in 2021, a 4% increase from 2020’s total, according to data r ...

ExxonMobil announced yesterday that it will restructure its businesses in an effort to streamline existing operations while also setting itself up to ...

The United States produced 4.8 million barrels of base oil in November, 11% less than in the same month in 2020, but matched the November 2019 total, ...

China overtook the United States in 2021 as the country with the most base oil refining capacity. What contributed to its rise?

The lubricants industry – especially in Europe – will face largescale changes in coming years in the types of raw materials that will be available ...

Infineum announced last week that it is restructuring its executive committee by adding new directors in charge of sustainability, business growth and ...

The European Commission awarded Swedish company SKF a €1.6 million grant to install and operate a stand-alone processing plant for regeneration of i ...

Eneos Corp., said this week that it will close its refinery in Wakayama, Japan – which includes a base oil plant – by 2023. Combined with previous ...

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission sanctioned Tianhe Chemicals Group Ltd. and its executive director this week, finding them culpable for ...

A start-up research and development company has begun building a demonstration plant in East China that is designed to make metallocene polyalphaolefi ...

Lube Report speaks to Mike Damiani, president of the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association about goals for the Washington, D.C.-based trade ...

Net sales for German lubricant and aftermarket additive manufacturer Liqui Moly increased 20% in 2021, boosted by growth in sales in the United States ...

Georgia imported 18,860 tons of motor oils in 2021, a 1.2% drop compared to the year before, and a trade organization said the country’s motorists a ...