Southeast Asia

Indonesia is writing a national standard for lubricants and plans to implement it in the near future, according to a member of the Association of Lubr ...

Singaporean lube supplier United Global raised SG $10.7 million (U.S. $7.9 million) in its initial public stock offering conducted last week - funds e ...

Amid concerns about biodiesel compatibility with motor vehicle engines in Malaysia, the countrys Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities agr ...

Singaporean lubricant manufacturer and trader United Global filed a preliminary offer document for an initial public offering on Catalist, a secondary ...

Pertamina became one of the worlds 30 largest lubricant companies by growing organically in its home market. Now the Indonesian company is turning to ...

The Asia-Pacific regions market for halal-certified products is booming, observers say, and that could lead to an increase in demand for halal food-gr ...

Demand for synthetic lubes is growing in Malaysia and Thailand due to the rising popularity, and evolving lubrications needs of Japanese vehicles and ...

As Myanmar transitions to democracy and attempts to open its economy to the outside world, its lubricant market is growing at double-digit rates, an o ...

A young and literate workforce coupled with market liberalization should help Vietnams lubricant market to continue growing at a healthy clip, but sup ...

The Singapore Lube Park - a joint venture between Sinopec, Total and Shell - officially opened in the islands Tuas area last week. The facility includ ...

Afton Chemical opened a lubricant additives factory in Singapore last week, joining the ongoing march of lubricant and additive suppliers to Asia and ...

Hyrax Oil, of Malaysia, will construct a blending plant in Sri Lanka to supply lubricants for national oil company Ceylon Petroleum Corp. as part of a ...

Japan's JX Nippon Oil & Energy will purchase 8 percent of state-owned petroleum company Vietnam National Petroleum Group, known as Petrolimex.

Like passenger cars and trucks, motorcycles in Asia are facing growing pressure for fuel economy and emissions controls, and this, combined with consu ...

Japans Idemitsu Kosan Co. and Kuwait Petroleum International Ltd. plan to set up a joint venture to distribute petroleum products, including lubricant ...

Filipino oil giant Petron said its lubes sales in Malaysia grew by double digits last year thanks to marketing at its service stations and increased b ...

Indonesias state-owned Pertamina Lubricants said it hopes its cross-promotional campaign with national airline Garuda Indonesia will result in greater ...

Most marketers would agree its not easy to expose a lubricants brand to 4.7 billion people, but Gulf Oil says it can potentially accomplish that by sp ...

Malaysias state-owned Petronas Lubricants International plans to increase sales in Australia and New Zealand with a new marketing company, PLI Austral ...

Biodiesel continues gaining ground in Indonesia and Malaysia. Indonesia raised its requirement for biodiesel content in diesel from 10 percent to 20 p ...