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

Brazilian Auto Sales Rise

Brazilian Auto Sales Rise

New automobile registrations in Brazil jumped 11% last year, with increases for both imports and domestically produced v …

Brazil Base Oil Output Fell in 2023

Brazil Base Oil Output Fell in 2023

Base oil production in Brazil was down again in December, closing out a year in which output dropped 11% compared to 202 …

EU Car Sales Jumped 14% in 2023

EU Car Sales Jumped 14% in 2023

Passenger car registrations in the European Union rose 14% to 10.5 million units in 2023, despite December marking the f …

South Korea Base Oil Exports Rise in December

South Korea Base Oil Exports Rise in December

South Korea’s base oil export volume jumped 27% in December, and the declared value of the oils exported was up 29%, a …

Sinopec Lubricants Progresses on Tianjin Facility

Sinopec Lubricants Progresses on Tianjin Facility

Sinopec’s finished lubricant arm has completed the main parts of the first phase of an expansion and upgrade of its fa …

Auto Sales Jumped by Double Digits in 2023

Auto Sales Jumped by Double Digits in 2023

Full-year new-vehicle sales in the United States were forecast to increase 12% in 2023, reaching 15.5 million units, ac …

Ohio Shuns California Emissions Regulations

Ohio Shuns California Emissions Regulations

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a bill into law last month that, effective March 28, prohibits a state agency from adop …

Wind Energy Growth Lags EU Targets

Wind Energy Growth Lags EU Targets

The European Union built a record 17 gigawatts of wind energy generating capacity in 2023, a 13% increase from 2022, but …

Customizing Lubes, Applicators for Rail Systems

Customizing Lubes, Applicators for Rail Systems

Researchers with a technical foundation and a university in Norway said their efforts to develop new knowledge on the in …

New Vehicle, Motorcycle Sales Rise in Japan

New Vehicle, Motorcycle Sales Rise in Japan

Japan’s registrations for sales of new passenger cars, trucks and buses rose 14% in 2023, while registrations for sale …

Eastern Lubricants Suffers Big Drop in Profits

Eastern Lubricants Suffers Big Drop in Profits

Eastern Lubricants Blenders Ltd. reported a steep drop in net profit and an operating loss on a slight decline in sales …

U.S. Base Oil Exports Rise, Imports Fall

U.S. Base Oil Exports Rise, Imports Fall

The United States exported 31% more base oil in October, while the volume of base oil imported into the U.S. plummeted 4 …

Grease from Jojoba and Banana Peels

Grease from Jojoba and Banana Peels

Egyptian researchers reported developing a grease made with base stock from the jojoba plant and nano chemical additives …

Industrial Lube Sales Boost Copton

Industrial Lube Sales Boost Copton

Chinese lubricants blender Copton Tech Co. reported higher net profit and sales revenue for the quarter ending Sept. 30 …

U.S. Base Oil Output Flat in October

U.S. Base Oil Output Flat in October

Base oil production in the United States was flat in October, with a 1% increase in paraffinic production offset by a 9% …

Brazil Base Oil Imports Jump

Brazil Base Oil Imports Jump

Brazil imported 26% more base oil and exported 8% less base oil in November than in the same month last year, according …

Germany Demand Declines in October

Germany Demand Declines in October

Germany’s finished lubricants demand, including process oils, declined 11% in October, as a year-long trend of falling c …

Japan Lube Production Fell in November

Japan Lube Production Fell in November

Finished lubricant production in Japan declined 14%, while domestic sales increased 2% in November, compared to the same …