Dow signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday to build a specialty chemicals hub in Zhanjiang, China. The $250 million project will make chemicals ...

South Korean base oil refiners GS Caltex and Hyundai Shell Base Oil both reported sharply higher operating profit for the fourth quarter of 2020, whil ...

Southeast Asia sales of four-wheel automobiles dropped nearly 30% in 2020, and motorcycle and scooter sales fell by almost 20%, according to Asean Aut ...

Fuchs Group announced this week that it has purchased a controlling stake in the lubricants business of Vietnamese distributor STD & S Co., aiming ...

PT Pertamina Lubricants and two other Indonesian companies have formed a joint venture aimed at developing catalysts that can be used in the processin ...

The United States Customs and Border Protection agency last week announced a ban on palm oil produced in Malaysia by Sime Darby Plantation Bhd. and an ...

Cambodia will eliminate tariffs on imported industrial lubricants effective Jan. 1 in an attempt to boost competitiveness of industries that use them.

Vietnam is returning to pre-pandemic levels of lubricant consumption, an industry insider said, boosted by strong growth in automotive production and ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was the biggest news in any industry in 2020, but the region’s lubricant markets had plenty of other significant happenings, f ...

As part of an initiative to decarbonize its refining operations in Singapore, Royal Dutch Shell plans to permanently close its base oil plant in Pulau ...

Gulf Oil International announced Tuesday that it has agreed to purchase a Singapore lubricant blending plant from Ocean Tankers (Pte), the shipping ar ...

The Asian Lubricant Manufacturers Union appointed Bernard Wong as its new executive director effective Dec. 1.

South Korean base oil refiner GS Caltex and Thai Oil’s base oil business both posted large increases in net profit for the quarter ending Sept. 30.

Singapore’s government has approved rules that will require businesses, including lubricant blenders and importers to reduce the amount of packaging ...

Troubled oil trader and lubricants producer Hin Leong Trading Pte. has apparently been put up for sale, based on notices placed in local media earlier ...

The lubricants market in Southeast Asia – which is weighted toward products for two-wheelers and process oils – will shrink this year but rebound ...

Lubricant supplier Lanka IOC reported a steep net loss, and the lubricants business segment of Malaysian state-owned oil firm Petronas’ domestic mar ...

India’s Tide Water Oil Co. and Balmer Lawrie & Co.’s greases and lubricants segments both reported steep declines in profit, and Thai Oil Grou ...

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 ...