Lisa Tocci

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Publishers Letter

Publishers Letter

Lisa Tocci helps us bid farewell to retiring LNG co-founder Gloria Steinberg Briskin.

Base Oils Pricing Enigma

Base Oils Pricing Enigma

Base oil prices used to trail closely after crude prices. Now they seem to tick up and down to some unheard beat, despit …

Publisher’s Letter

Publisher’s Letter

Another Fond FarewellLubesnGreases co-founder Lisa Tocci asked for the floor this month, to share a personal reflection …

Avista Rerefinery Making Group III

Avista Rerefinery Making Group III

Used oil rerefiner Avista Oil is making API Group III base oil at its plant in Peachtree City, Georgia, steadily ratchet …

Lube Sales: Where the Money Is

Lube Sales: Where the Money Is

What do sales and marketing managers at U.S. lubricant companies earn? According to an exclusive survey conducted recent …

Diving for Pearls

Diving for Pearls

Like seeding oysters, the additives maker has nurtured long-term investments and waited patiently for the pay-off. Can t …

Suite Rewards in Sales & Marketing

Suite Rewards in Sales & Marketing

Sales and marketing managers reported dramatically higher pay than in 2014, while those in blending companies stagnated, …

Survey: Plant Managers Average $124,000

Survey: Plant Managers Average $124,000

Lubricant plant managers in the United States take home an average of $123,900 a year, but geography, company size and o …

U.S. Base Oil Output Dips

U.S. Base Oil Output Dips

U.S. base oil producers eased back in the first six months of 2016. The countrys refiners manufactured 29.1 million barr …

What Do Plant Managers Make?

What Do Plant Managers Make?

Our Salary Survey says plant managers still make more money with manufacturers than distributors. Bigger companies pay b …

Taking a Breather?

Taking a Breather?

U.S. base oil refiners cooled their jets a bit in the year’s first half. All told, output fell 8 percent versus first-ha …

Shell Unveils CK-4, FA-4 Strategy

Shell Unveils CK-4, FA-4 Strategy

All eyes are on Dec. 1, the day officially approved for launching products meeting the new API CK-4 and FA-4 heavy-duty …

The PAO Plot Thickens

The PAO Plot Thickens

Major investments in linear and polyalphaolefins are coming to the fore, along with some unique products. Can beefier PA …

Ergons Bright Idea

Ergons Bright Idea

API Group I plant closures keep cutting into global bright stock supply. One naphthenic crude refiner says it can help p …

China Continues to Hone Base Oil Capacity

China Continues to Hone Base Oil Capacity

With fresh plants springing up to make high-grade products, China has boosted its total mineral base oil capacity to ove …

Batteries Deliver a Shock to Lithium

Batteries Deliver a Shock to Lithium

With demand for batteries draining the lithium market, grease producers are coming up empty-handed. What is being done t …

Last Word

Last Word

Lisa Tocci examines the effect of tight lithium supplies on grease suppliers.

Indias Lithium Buyers Come up Dry

Indias Lithium Buyers Come up Dry

More than 75 percent of the worlds lubricating grease is thickened with lithium hydroxide or lithium complex soap – but …