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Dwindling base oil production from Brazil’s Landulpho Alves refinery over the last several years suggest its base oil plant could be a candidate for ...

In the past few years, Ukrainian lube maker Azmol-British Petrochemicals has focused on replacing imported products used in the modern automobiles and ...

France Demand Slowed in July

September 28, 2021

Although lubricant demand in France slowed year on year for the second consecutive month in July, the sales volume was the second-highest for a month ...

Cosmetics chemical supplier Rianlon obtained an okay from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange this week for its proposed acquisition of a majority stake in Ka ...

South Korea exported a smaller volume of base oils but with a higher declared export value in August, compared to the same month last year, suggesting ...

Russia’s electric vehicle market could double by year end. Sales were driven by tax relief and could accelerate more with new incentives.

ExxonMobil is collaborating with a Canadian wind energy research organization to test new lubricants for wind turbine applications and lube performanc ...

Synthetic lubricants manufacturer Amsoil launched Amsoil Industrial, a new business unit dedicated to serving large business-to-business customers, in ...

Dorf Ketal Chemicals and TriBonds Chemical Co. announced today the formation of a joint venture that will manufacture lubricant additive components an ...

African Fuels & Lubricants Manufacturing Ltd. of the Tristar Group will blend, distribute and market Chevron Brands International LLC’s Caltex l ...

Kazakhstan is working on several new petrochemical refining projects carrying a combined price tag of U.S. $12 billion, and some of them – including ...

Chinese grease producer Hengmei Technology Grease Co. still plans to establish a lubricant blending plant in Pakistan’s Balochistan Province as part ...

Hi-Tech Posts Higher Profits

September 17, 2021

Pakistan-based blender Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. reported higher consolidated net profit for the quarter and for the fiscal year ending June 30.

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development issued a stop-use and stop-removal order on REV 360 brand products from Orion Lubricants, ...

Get Spiffy Buys Pit Crew

September 15, 2021

North Carolina-based Get Spiffy, an on-demand car care services company, acquired Pit Crew, which provides mobile oil changes, tire and other automoti ...

France’s Lube Demand Slows

September 14, 2021

Although lubricant demand slowed in France in June – declining from the same month in 2020 for the first year-on-year decline since February – dem ...

French lubricant marketer Condat has entered a technology partnership with construction chemicals supplier Chryso to develop sustainable ground treatm ...

Polish oil major PKN Orlen and KBR, an engineering and technology company based in Houston, recently signed a letter of intent to implement a recyclin ...

The EU and China lead global EV sales, while the U.S. lags behind with the rest of the world, according to tech analysts Canalys.

Lub-rref announced that it will redirect most of the funds from its initial public stock offering to build a second waste oil rerefinery rather than u ...