The Japanese Automotive Standards Organization is working on a two-year schedule to update specifications for both two- and four-stroke motorcycle eng ...

The practice of selling counterfeit lubricants appears to be alive and well in China. Authorities say supply chains of criminals are widening and that ...

Warren Oil is suing Smittys Supply Inc. for trade dress and trademark infringement on its automatic transmission fluid sold in Bolivia, alleging that ...

Investigators from Michigans attorney general criminal division arrested four City Petroleum and Star Petroleum officials last week on felony charges ...

Petronas faces new duties of 3.7 percent on base oil exports to the European Union after adjustments to the EUs trade policy caused Malaysia to lose p ...

Consumers in the Indian state of Delhi pay a significant price for a 21 percent value added tax that the government assesses on lubricants. Lubricant ...

Silogram Lubricants of New York filed a complaint last month against more than a dozen former employees and several competitors, contending that the g ...

Russian oil majors Lukoil, Gazprom Neft and Tatneft appealed to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to slash Russias lubricant export tax to 20 percent of ...

In a recent test by China Consumer Report magazine, Kunlun Tianyuan engine oil caused more engine-clogging deposits than four other leading synthetic ...

PC-11, the heavy-duty engine oil category upgrade being developed by diesel engine manufacturers and the lubricants industry, continues to make progre ...

Pettit Oil, a fuels and lubricants distributor in Washington, liquidated its assets and discontinued operations after filing for bankruptcy late last ...

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has effectively imposed a steep tax hike on lubricants by removing them from the list of items subject to its value ...

In a sometimes intense session at the 19th Colloquium Tribology at the Technische Akademie Esslingen in Germany last week, representatives from Lubriz ...

The National Advertising Division urged BP Lubricants USA to rescind a recent commercial that claims BPs Castrol Edge motor oil is superior to ExxonMo ...

An Indian court has scheduled a meeting Thursday for stockholders of Gulf Oil Corp. Ltd. to consider managements proposal to spin off its lubricant bu ...

The Petroleum Quality Institute of America issued an advisory last week to warn consumers that a sample of Valvolines NextGen SAE 5W-20 failed to meet ...

The Sri Lankan government has decided to increase the number of companies licensed to supply lubricants. Industry insiders predict it will increase co ...

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Azmol, one of the former Soviet Unions largest lubricant makers, went bankrupt under a recent commercial court rule, according to Voice of Ukraine, th ...

Polish lube marketer Orlen Oil started the liquidation process of its Czech product distribution subsidiary, the company told Lube Report on Tuesday. ...