George Gill

GEORGE@LUBESNGREASES.COM

Senior Editor, Lube Report - George Gill joined LNG Publishing in 2006 as editor of the weekly Lube Report newsletter. George holds a bachelor’s degree in English, with an emphasis in non-fiction writing, from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He caught the journalism bug there after taking a newswriting class in summer 1986 and working as assistant news editor at the university’s Broadside weekly student newspaper during his 1986-1987 senior year. Prior to joining LNG, George spent the bulk of his journalism career at the Loudoun Times-Mirror weekly newspaper in Leesburg, Virginia, as reporter from 1988 to 1990, and as business editor from 1994 to 2006.

Recent Articles

Profits up for MJL, Eastern Lubricants

Profits up for MJL, Eastern Lubricants

MJL Bangladesh and Eastern Lubricants Blenders reported large improvements in sales and profits for the quarter ended Se …

Commercial Genuine Oil Demand Seen Rising

Commercial Genuine Oil Demand Seen Rising

Although OEM genuine oil brands constitute a small portion of heavy-duty motor oil demand, sales in the category are pro …

Earnings Climb for Mr. Lube + Tires

Earnings Climb for Mr. Lube + Tires

Canadian quick lube service business Mr. Lube + Tires reported an 18% increase in sales revenue and slightly higher same …

EU Ready to Negotiate Euro 7 with Member States

EU Ready to Negotiate Euro 7 with Member States

The European Union Parliament this month adopted its negotiation position on Euro 7, the revamping of EU rules for type- …

Earnings Climb at Yushiro, KH Neochem

Earnings Climb at Yushiro, KH Neochem

Profits and sales for the quarter ended Sept. 30 surged for Japanese metalworking fluids and industrial fluids manufactu …

South Korea Base Oil Exports Jumped in October

South Korea Base Oil Exports Jumped in October

South Korea base oil exports rose 23% in volume and by 25% in declared value in October, according to data released this …

Profits Up at Valvoline and Calumet, Down at Moove

Profits Up at Valvoline and Calumet, Down at Moove

Valvoline reported higher operating income and sales, and Calumet reported a large increase in net income, while Cosan …

Conoil Earnings Down, MRS Oil Up

Conoil Earnings Down, MRS Oil Up

Among Nigerian blenders, Conoil reported a steep decline in gross profit on lower sales for its lubricants segment, whil …

Profits Fall for Thai Oil, Chevron Lanka

Profits Fall for Thai Oil, Chevron Lanka

Thai Oil Group’s base oil business suffered steep declines in net profit and sales revenue for the third quarter due i …

Researchers Use Electricity to Reduce Friction

Researchers Use Electricity to Reduce Friction

A research group led by two universities in Japan recently announced a new technology that uses dielectrophoresis – el …

Ingevity to Close Crude Tall Oil Fatty Acid Plant

Ingevity to Close Crude Tall Oil Fatty Acid Plant

Ingevity announced last week that it will close by mid-2024 its Deridder, Louisiana, processing plant, which produces cr …

U.S. Base Oil Exports Jumped in August

U.S. Base Oil Exports Jumped in August

Base oil exports from the United States surged 52%, while base oil imports into the country dropped by 31% in August, co …

Profits Up for Castrol, Down for Luberef

Profits Up for Castrol, Down for Luberef

BP reported that profit for its Castrol lubricants business rose 23% because of higher margins, and Luberef reported a 2 …

Profits Fall for Korean Base Oil Suppliers

Profits Fall for Korean Base Oil Suppliers

The SK Enmove base oils and lubricants business, S-Oil’s base oils and lubricants business and joint venture Hyundai S …

Briefly Noted

Briefly Noted

IMCD Group will distribute Lubrizol Corp.’s lubricant and fuel additives in Bangladesh under an agreement announced We …

Japan Market Shrank Again in September

Japan Market Shrank Again in September

Japan’s production of finished lubricants decreased 7%, while domestic sales were down 4% in September, a government a …

Brazil Base Oil Production, Imports Both Fall

Brazil Base Oil Production, Imports Both Fall

Brazil’s base oil production plummeted 51%, and the country’s base oil imports volume fell 23% in September, accordi …

U.S. Base Oil Output Rebounds in August

U.S. Base Oil Output Rebounds in August

United States base oil production jumped 18% in August, marking the first year-on-year increase in production volume sin …