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

MRS Oil Records Jump in Earnings

MRS Oil Records Jump in Earnings

Nigerian blender MRS Oil Nigeria reported large increases in gross profit and sales revenue for its lubricants segment i …

Profit Up at PSP, Down at Lanka IOC

Profit Up at PSP, Down at Lanka IOC

Independent Thai lubricant maker P.S.P. Specialties Public Co. reported hefty increases in net profit and sales revenue …

From Other Editions of Lube Report

From Other Editions of Lube Report

Oronite to Boost China Output

Oronite to Boost China Output

Chevron Oronite announced Wednesday its final investment decision to expand its lubricant additive facility in Ningbo, i …

EV Manufacturing Brings Impacts, Opportunities

EV Manufacturing Brings Impacts, Opportunities

Although vehicle manufacturers’ transition to electric vehicles manufacturing is expected to reduce metalworking fluid …

Lubrizol Posts Improved Earnings

Lubrizol Posts Improved Earnings

Lubrizol reported higher first-quarter pre-tax earnings despite a drop in sales revenue – thanks to decreases in raw m …

Partnership to Bring Graphene to Middle East

Partnership to Bring Graphene to Middle East

HydroGraph Clean Power Inc. announced today it will collaborate with Gulf Cryo LLC to produce, distribute and sell of Hy …

Profits Up for Yushiro, KH Neochem

Profits Up for Yushiro, KH Neochem

Yushiro Chemical reported increased fiscal-year net profit and sales for the quarter ended March 31, while specialty che …

South Korea Base Oil Exports Fall

South Korea Base Oil Exports Fall

South Korea exported 19% less base oil at a 32% drop in reported value in April, according to data released earlier this …

U.S. Wind Power Momentum Slows

U.S. Wind Power Momentum Slows

Installation of new wind power capacity in the United States dropped 28% in 2023 to its lowest level since 2014, the Ame …

Calumet Reports Drop in Sales

Calumet Reports Drop in Sales

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. reported decreased base oil and process oil sales revenue for the quarter ended …

Fuchs Profit Rises Despite Revenue Drop

Fuchs Profit Rises Despite Revenue Drop

Independent lubricants blender Fuchs SE reported a 6% increase in first-quarter net profit and a 6% decline in sales rev …

Profits Decline for GS Caltex, Thai Oil

Profits Decline for GS Caltex, Thai Oil

South Korea’s GS Caltex’s base oils and lubricants division reported a small decrease in operating profit for the fi …

U.S. Base Oil Exports Jump

U.S. Base Oil Exports Jump

United States base oil exports jumped by 60% in February, while base oil imports fell 34%, according to data released by …

Valvoline, Quaker Chemical Profits Rise

Valvoline, Quaker Chemical Profits Rise

Valvoline Inc. reported higher revenue and a quarter bump in increases in operating income for the three months ended Ma …

Castrol Earnings Up, Luberef’s Down

Castrol Earnings Up, Luberef’s Down

BP reported a 14% increase in profits for its Castrol Lubricants business in the first quarter, citing higher margins, w …

OQ Restarts Production at German Plants

OQ Restarts Production at German Plants

OQ Chemicals today announced the restart of production at its German plants in Oberhausen and Marl after overcoming a re …

Profits Down for SK Enmove, S-Oil

Profits Down for SK Enmove, S-Oil

The base oil and finished lubricant businesses of SK Enmove and S-Oil both reported declines in profits for the quarter …