Japanese integrated oil company Idemitsu Kosans first quarter 2016 total sales volume for lubricants jumped by 3.7 percent from the year before to around 249,000 tons. PetroChina, China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) and Indias Apar Industries were among the worlds top five transformer oil suppliers along with Ergon and Nynas, according to global advisory firm Technavio Research. JX Nippon Oil and Energy of Japan signed two companies to distribute its Eneos-branded lubricants in Myanmar: Myanma Golden Stars MGS Lubricant in the south of the country and Rainbow Bridge Distribution in the north.