Volume 7 Issue 44

Goodyear Enters India Lube Market

Goodyear announced Wednesday that it reached an agreement for an India-based company to manufacture and market automotive lubricants in the country under the tire giant’s brand name.

Earnings Rise for S-Oil, Dip for SK

S-Oil reported a strong increase in operating income for its base oil business, while SK Lubricants posted lower operating profit, for the quarter ending Sept. 30.

Hin Leong on Sales Block

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 this month.

From Other Editions of Lube Report

API Ballots Contentious Definition

Nynas Proposes Debt Restructure

Russia Market Forecast to Stay Depressed

Briefly Noted

Thai Oil Group announced that Wanida Boonpiraks will succeed Pattaralada Sa-Ngasang in the position of chief financial officer as of Jan. 1, 2021. The state-owned company operates a base oil plant with 5,100 barrels per day of API Group I production capacity in Si Racha, Thailand.