Lubes’n’Greases – August 2018
The Crowded World of Synthetics
Engine oils used to have room to breathe on retail shelves, but the proliferation of subcategories and viscosities has brands and bottles packed in like sardines...read more
Lubes’n’Greases EMEA – August 2018
Sludge Match
African vehicles face a perfect storm of adverse operating conditions – hot weather, low-quality oils and poor maintenance practices. The result is engines full of thick, tar-like matter known as sludge...read more
Lubes’n’Greases – August 2018
Holding Back Hydrolysis
Though ester base stocks have made great strides, water still plagues oils in some applications. Can a new “polymeric sponge” additive absorb the threat?...read more
Lubes’n’Greases EMEA – August 2018
Alkylated Naphthalenes: The Mystery Base Fluid
The result of wartime initiatives to find alternative engine oils, alkylated naphthalenes could be the material that formulators need to overcome high-end lubricant performance challenges...read more
U.S. Base Oil Price Report
Additional posted price decreases emerged on the heels of Motiva’s and Chevron’s adjustments, with sources reporting this week that Excel Paralubes and ExxonMobil would be reducing postings as well.–by Gabriela Wheeler
EMEA Base Oil Price Report
Base oil trade throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa is at a yearly low, mainly due to the summer holiday period. A few export sales are still being conducted, but contract sales account for most of the activity that continues. –by Ray Masson
SSY Base Oil Shipping Report
None of the main markets can claim to have been busy over the past week. At best, the vessel supply to demand picture in each region has not worsened, and it could even be said to have tightened slightly in a few areas, but overall, freights remain weak.–by Adrian Brown
Asia Base Oil Price Report
Gabriela Wheeler is away. Her column will reappear in the Aug. 17 edition of Lube Report Asia.
Consultant Roy Fewkes died May 11 at age 69.
Vicki Case was appointed global marketing director at Ametek Brookfield.
Raj Shah of Koehler Instrument Co. became the youngest recipient of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers’ P.M. Ku Award.
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