Employees at ExxonMobil’s Beaumont, Texas, refining complex and lubricant manufacturing plant completed an election last week on a request to decert ...

The United States produced 5.2 million barrels of base oil in October, a 4% increase from the same month in 2020 and just shy of the October 2019 tota ...

Base oil production in Brazil in November was slightly lower than in the same month last year, ending a streak of three consecutive months in which ye ...

Poland’s Lotos Group recently awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract for an upgrade and expansion of its base oil plant in Gd ...

Investment firm SK Capital has completed its purchase of a controlling stake in Seqens, a French producer of chemicals for pharmaceuticals, as well as ...

As the lubricants industry enters a transformative period, no segment of the industry is spared. Discover how European additives associations are plan ...

Japan’s finished lubricant demand dropped by more than 10% in November, compared to the same month last year, but was up a bit from October, accordi ...

Already in the midst of building its second factory, Richful Lube Additive Co. last week unveiled plans to expand its existing chemical manufacturing ...

The board of directors of Japan’s KH Neochem Co. decided on Dec. 27 to invest ¥9.5 billion at its manufacturing plant in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefe ...

Swedish company VBG Group acquired all shares of U.S.-based Carlyle Johnson Machine Co. for $16.5 million. Carlyle Johnson designs and manufactures co ...

ExxonMobil’s Baytown, Texas, refinery – site of the second-largest base oil plant in the United States – is operating at reduced rates following ...

State-owned energy company China National Offshore Oil Corp. has begun producing API Group III base oils at its refinery in Taizhou, Jiangsu province, ...

Jiangsu Zhongsheng Gaoke Environmental Co. reported a 30% year-to-year drop in net income for the third quarter, on revenue that was 20% lower than th ...

South Korea’s base oil export volume for November was well above the same month last year. Monthly exports again topped 422,000 metric tons in volum ...

As electric vehicle sales in Europe, North America and Asia accelerate, passenger car motor oil demand could decline rapidly in a few years time, acco ...

The James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch Dec. 24 on a NASA mission from French Guiana, will rely on a proprietary oil provided by Nye Lubri ...

President Joseph Biden’s administration announced a series of fuel economy standards this week, a move viewed as further spurring the nation’s shi ...

France consumed 46,886 metric tons of finished lubricants in October, once again running behind the same month of 2020, according to the latest data f ...

Ongoing innovation helps ensure the lubricants industry will continue to play a role as the world transitions to a more sustainable future and continu ...

Benefiting from expanded sales at home and abroad, Rosneft sold 208,000 tons of finished lubricants and greases in the first nine months of 2021, a 26 ...