Southeast Asia

Indonesias mandatory use of B20 biodiesel fuel may lead to an increase in biodiesel fuel vehicles in Southeast Asia, encouraging lubricant blenders to ...

Malaysias Petronas Lubricants International will begin production at its lubricant blending plant in India by the end of this year, the company told L ...

Spains Repsol signed an agreement to explore acquiring a stake in Singaporean lubricant blender United Oil Co.

British technology company Dyson will build a Singapore electric vehicle factory that will supply the Asia-Pacific region.

Vietnam will double its environmental tax for lubricants beginning Jan. 1, according to a resolution passed by the countrys National Assembly Standing ...

Lubricants sold in Indonesia will be required to comply with a new national standard beginning Sept. 11, 2019, according to a regulation published las ...

Afton Chemical Corp. said Wednesday that it has completed an expansion of its lubricant additive plant in Singapore and that it expects to start produ ...

Vietnams declining automotive sales may hinder lubricant market growth. To stay competitive, patience to develop a reliable lubricant distribution net ...

Automotive engine oil demand in Southeast Asia is gradually shifting from obsolete grades to higher quality products, a Lubrizol official told an indu ...

Esso (Thailand) Public Co. plans to increase its lubricant market share by expanding its motorcycle oil distribution channels, said a company executi ...

Electric vehicles are on the rise, but internal combustion engines will continue to dominate vehicle populations for the foreseeable future, meaning l ...

ExxonMobil announced Tuesday that it is planning a multi-billion dollar expansion at its Singapore refining complex, which will increase output of API ...

FKT Earnings Stay Stable

April 6, 2018

Net income for PT Federal Karyatamas lubricants segment remained stable year on year in 2017, but its sales volumes dropped 3 percent to 61.3 million ...

Malaysian demand for automotive engine oil is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 2.9 percent between 2016 and 2021 to 202,000 metric tons, ...

Shell Co. of Thailand plans to increase its number of automotive oil change outlets and significantly raise lubricant sales by 2025 as the local lubri ...

PTT Sets Up Storage Hub

March 23, 2018

Thailands PTT Lubricants will set up a lube storage facility for its Asean market and look into acquisitions to grow its overseas lubricant business, ...

Valvoline Inc. spent U.S. $16 million to acquire the remaining 30 percent share of its subsidiary in Thailand, making the Bangkok-based business a ful ...

Taiwanese state-owned petroleum company CPC Corp. began construction of an automotive lubricant blending plant in southern Vietnam this month after a ...

Bucking the trend of on-demand, on-location mobile oil change services commonly offered in Indonesia, Pertamina Lubricants said its having success dra ...

Chevron Oronite completed an expansion of its additives plant in Singapore that doubles its global carboxylate-based detergents capacity, the company ...