Southeast Asia

Viscosity modifier producer Innov Oil completed the relocation of its Singapore operations to a larger factory that provides increased production capa ...

Spains Repsol will begin blending lubricants in Southeast Asia through a joint venture with United Global Ltd., after acquiring a 40 percent stake in ...

Thailands lubricant demand is expected to grow this year as the automobile manufacturing sector expands and foreign companies relocate to the country ...

Transformer oil supplier Michang Oil Ind. Co. of South Korea plans to enter the Indonesian market by forming a joint venture, PT Sari Michang Concord, ...

Indonesias annual automotive lubricant demand reached about 360,000 metric tons in 2018, with the nations four-wheeler lubricant demand outpacing the ...

Diesel engine oils of obsolete API CF-4 service category and below still dominate Asias major commercial vehicle markets - China, India and Indonesia ...

Vehicle sales across Southeast Asias big three markets - Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand - are projected to cross 3.9 million units combined by 2025, ...

Lubricating grease production in China appears to have continued its decline in 2018, according to the National Lubricating Grease Institutes yearly s ...

Pertamina Lubricants and Bank Rakyat Indonesia signed a cooperation agreement recently intended to provide financing to Pertamina distributors so that ...

Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd of Malaysia agreed to acquire Netherlands-based lube oil additive manufacturer BRB International B.V.s holding company fo ...

State-owned Thai Oil Group reported that profit for its base oil business slumped last year and that it expects the market to continue to soften throu ...

The Association of Indonesian Lubricants Distributors, Importers and Producers (Perdippi) is taking legal actions to try to nullify a mandatory nation ...

United Global Ltd. reported double-digit percentage growth in net profit last year due to an increase in demand in the automotive sector, while fellow ...

PT AKR Corporindo Tbk., an Indonesian supplier of petroleum products and chemicals, established a subsidiary last week to focus on the trading and dis ...

Bangchak Corp. and SCG Chemical Co. signed a memorandum of understanding last month to develop a lubricant packaging recycling scheme in Thailand.

The Philippines Bureau of Customs implemented a second tranche of its Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law, taxing a number of products, incl ...

An upgrade of Indonesias base-oil-producing Cilacap refinery has been delayed due to ongoing negotiations for the formation of a joint venture between ...

Malaysias Micratto Technologies Sdn. - founded by researchers at Sunway University - will produce graphene-based lubricants for automotive application ...

State-owned PTT Oil and Retail Business Co. is preparing for listing on The Stock Exchange of Thailand next year and expects to grow its lubricant bus ...

Chevron Lubricants Vietnam has completed the expansion of its Hai Phong, Vietnam, blending plant, a $5 million project that more than doubles the faci ...