Southeast Asia

Singaporean independent lubricant blender AP Oil posted a strong increase in net profit and lower revenue for the first half of 2020, compared to the ...

As its dependence on imported lubricants increases, Vietnam’s government is grappling with enforcement of its national lubes standard, analysts with ...

Chemicals company Brenntag acquired Thailand-based lubricants distributor Oils ‘R Us Co. Ltd. as part of its expansion into Southeast Asia.

Pertamina disclosed last week that Saudi Aramco has withdrawn from discussions about a plan to jointly expand the Indonesian energy company’s refine ...

Lubricant supplier Lanka IOC reported a net loss while the lubricants business segment of Malaysian state-owned oil firm Petronas’ domestic marketin ...

Stated-owned Thai Oil Group’s base oil business reported a major increase in net profit on lower sales revenue in the first quarter.

The Malaysian state of Sabah allowed palm oil plantations and mills to reopen last month after setting conditions aimed at preventing the spread of Co ...

Hin Leong Trading, the giant oil trader at the center of one of Asia’s biggest current business scandals, is also a lubricants supplier with a plant ...

Esso (Thailand) Public Co.’s lubricant sales fell 5.7 percent last year, in line with a decline in the country’s sales of motor vehicles and motor ...

Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns in Asia have resulted in increased demand for food-grade lubricants, industry insiders said.

Two industry associations urged the Malaysian state of Sabah this week to allow oil palm plantations and mills to reopen, advising that the industry c ...

Asia-Pacific continued to lead in global wind power development in 2019, accounting for 50.7 percent of new installations, boosted by regulatory refor ...

Stated-owned Thai Oil Group’s base oil business posted a massive jump in net profit for the fourth quarter of 2019, and a slight decrease in net pro ...

An Indonesian blending plant partly owned by Repsol will begin producing the companys lubricants by April. The Spanish company plans to expand the pla ...

SK Lubricants acquired a 49 percent stake in Mekong Petrochemical JSC, Vietnams largest private lubricant company, as part of an expansion bid into th ...

Automotive sales in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations dropped 3 percent in 2019, but sales of two-wheelers increased 3 percent, according to ...

Vietnams increasing number of solar plant installations is boosting overseas demand for silicon wafer cutting oil used in solar panel manufacturing, a ...

Malaysias vehicle sales are projected to grow 1 percent to almost 609,000 units this year, according to a forecast by Frost & Sullivan. The countrys e ...

Indonesia has enough lubricant blending capacity to meet domestic demand, but because of high levels of imports it utilizes only half of that capacity ...

Idemitsu Kosan completed the construction of its second Indonesia lubricant blending plant, nearly doubling its production capacity within the country ...