A Malaysian joint venture between BASF and Petronas will double its capacity to make 2-ethylhexanoic acid due to growing demand in applications such a ...

GS Caltex’s lube division, Thai Oil Group’s base oil business and KH Neochem’s performance materials segment all reported much higher profits fo ...

Since January of 2020, Indonesia has required the content of diesel sold within its borders to be 30% biodiesel by weight – the highest such mandate ...

Lithium greases made a small comeback in 2020 in Asia’s two largest grease markets, according to the latest survey by the United States-based Nation ...

Thailand’s central government is working to develop its palm oil industry, and the strategy includes promoting demand for bio-lubricants, -greases a ...

South Korean base oil refiners SK Lubricants, GS Caltex and Hyundai Shell Base Oil, along with Thai Oil’s lube base oil business, all recorded much ...

Royal Dutch Shell has accelerated its timeline for reducing the crude oil throughput capacity of its refinery on Singapore’s Pulau Bukom island. Tha ...

Meridian Adhesives Group acquired Pacific Adhesive Systems, a Malaysia-based corporation with lubricant and grease operations, Meridian announced last ...

Pertamina continues to working to expand lubricant sales overseas, with particular attention to Australia and Thailand. The Indonesia company recently ...

Indonesia’s competition regulator ruled last month that motorcycle dealer Astra Honda Motor did not violate regulations by requiring owners of its a ...

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 ...