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More Hikes Coming for Finished Lubes

More Hikes Coming for Finished Lubes

BP Castrol, Martin Lubricants, Cam2 International and Smittys Supply notified U.S. customers of finished lubricant incre …

Yips Revives Lubes Profit

Yips Revives Lubes Profit

Yips Chemical Holdings Ltd. made a profit of 1.68 million Hong Kong dollars (U.S. $216,000) in 2016 after suffering a HK …

Dubai to Curb Illegal Trading

Dubai to Curb Illegal Trading

Five government agencies recently joined hands in an effort to curb illegal lubricant trading in Dubai, United Arab Emir …

Lubrizol to Buy Control of its India JV

Lubrizol to Buy Control of its India JV

Lubrizol Corp. will buy an additional 24 percent stake of Lubrizol India Pvt., a 50-50 joint venture between the America …

AkzoNobel Spurns Takeover Bid

AkzoNobel Spurns Takeover Bid

AkzoNobel rejected a $22 billion unsolicited takeover bid from paints and coatings supplier PPG Industries and announced …

Tianhe Complies with Investigation

Tianhe Complies with Investigation

Tianhe Chemicals Group Ltd. said it is complying with – but not the subject of – a Hong Kong government anti-bribery age …

Lubrizol Exits Oilfield Solutions Business

Lubrizol Exits Oilfield Solutions Business

Berkshire Hathaway said it is scuttling the Oilfield Solutions Business of subsidiary Lubrizol and that it had declared …

Profits Up at Castrol and Hi-Tech, Down at Apar

Profits Up at Castrol and Hi-Tech, Down at Apar

Castrol India Ltd. recorded healthy gains in profit in its most recent quarter, and so did Pakistani supplier Hi-Tech Lu …

JV Mixes Wind Turbine Lube, Maintenance Expertise

JV Mixes Wind Turbine Lube, Maintenance Expertise

Castrol created a joint venture with Romax Technologys InSight business, which provides condition monitoring and predict …

Profits Dip at Continental, Chevron Lanka, Tide Water

Profits Dip at Continental, Chevron Lanka, Tide Water

Chevron Lanka, Continental Petroleums Ltd. and Tide Water Oil Co. profits each took hits in the quarter ended Dec. 31.

ExxonMobil Singapore to Make More GII

ExxonMobil Singapore to Make More GII

ExxonMobil will expand its API Group II base oil plant in Singapore, which is already the largest Group II source in Asi …

ExxonMobil Singapore Will Make More Group II

ExxonMobil Singapore Will Make More Group II

ExxonMobil announced today that it will expand its API Group II base oil plant in Singapore, which is already the larges …

Indian Suppliers Q3 Profits Vary Widely

Indian Suppliers Q3 Profits Vary Widely

Panama Petrochem Ltd. and GP Petroleums Ltd. each reported near doubling of their profits for the quarter ended Dec. 31, …

More Finished Lube Price Hikes

More Finished Lube Price Hikes

Valvoline and BP Castrol notified U.S. customers of finished lubricant price increases that take effect in March, citing …

ATIEL Updates Code of Practice

ATIEL Updates Code of Practice

ATIEL, the European lubricants industrys technical association, released a new version of its Code of Practice, which pr …

Finished Lube Price Hikes Continue

Finished Lube Price Hikes Continue

Phillips 66 and Citgo notified U.S. customers of upcoming price increases on finished lubricants that go into effect in …

More Finished Lube Price Increases

More Finished Lube Price Increases

ExxonMobil, Chevron, Cam2 International and Omni Specialty Packaging notified U.S. customers of upcoming price increases …

Shell to Hike Finished Lube Prices

Shell to Hike Finished Lube Prices

Shell notified U.S. customers this week that prices for its finished lubricants will generally increase by up to 5 perce …