Tim Sullivan

TIM@LUBESNGREASES.COM

Executive Editor - Tim joined Lubes’n’Greases in 2001. He has worked on a number of the company’s publications and products and now has editorial oversight of publications, responsible for working with our editors and staff writers to maintain the high quality and relevance of these offerings. He is also a member of the company planning team. Before joining Lubes’n’Greases he was a reporter for community newspapers. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

Recent Articles

Quaker Houghton Partners with Idemitsu, PLI

Quaker Houghton Partners with Idemitsu, PLI

Quaker Houghton last week entered partnerships with two giants of the lubricant industry’s Asian giants – Petronas L …

Brazil Base Oil Output Bounces Back

Brazil Base Oil Output Bounces Back

Oil refiners in Brazil produced 52,160 metric tons of base oil in March, according to the latest government data, the fi …

Biolubes Growing But Staying Niche

Biolubes Growing But Staying Niche

iolubricants remain a bullish corner of the lubricants industry, with global demand expanding at a rate several times fa …

U.S. Base Oil Demand in Long Decline

U.S. Base Oil Demand in Long Decline

Base oil demand in the United States should increase slightly this year, but will remain significantly below pre-COVID-1 …

Blue Tide’s Baytown Facility Finished

Blue Tide’s Baytown Facility Finished

Blue Tide and Pennzoil-Quaker State have completed their new rerefinery in Baytown.

Richful, Farabi Build Saudi Additive Plant

Richful, Farabi Build Saudi Additive Plant

Richful Lube Additive Co. and Farabi Petrochemicals have inked an agreement to build the first full-fledged lubricant ad …

Chevron Adds Group III+ in Pascagoula

Chevron Adds Group III+ in Pascagoula

Chevron said Tuesday that it will add API Group III+ production capability at its base oil plant in Pascagoula, Louisian …

Brazil Base Oils Cooled in January

Brazil Base Oils Cooled in January

Brazil’s base oil market is off to a slower start in 2025 as domestic production and imports both declined significant …

Sinopec Makes Marine Lubes in Tianjin

Sinopec Makes Marine Lubes in Tianjin

Sinopec has opened a production unit making marine lubricants and hydraulic fluids at its finished lube blending plant i …

China Base Oil Imports Sink Further

China Base Oil Imports Sink Further

Base oil imports to China fell 12% in 2024, continuing a steady decline in recent years for one of the world’s biggest …

State Investigates Moove Fire

State Investigates Moove Fire

Prosecutors in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro opened an investigation into a large Feb. 8 fire at a Moove finishe …

Carmakers Launch Process for GF-8

Carmakers Launch Process for GF-8

With the latest gasoline engine oil performance specification scheduled to come to market next month, automakers in Nort …

Lube Deliveries Drop Steeply in Germany

Lube Deliveries Drop Steeply in Germany

Domestic deliveries of finished lubricants in Germany plummeted 39% in October, compared to the same month of 2023, an e …

Luberef Reconsiders Closing Jeddah

Luberef Reconsiders Closing Jeddah

Citing improved market conditions, Luberef said Tuesday that it is considering keeping open its API Group I base oil pla …

South Korea Base Oil Exports Dip Again

South Korea Base Oil Exports Dip Again

Base oil exports from South Korea dipped half a percentage point in 2024, falling to their lowest level since 2016, acco …

Pilot Undertakes Surfactant Expansion

Pilot Undertakes Surfactant Expansion

Pilot Chemical Co. said last week that it will significantly expand its capacity to produce anionic surfactants at its s …

US Base Oil Output Dipped in November

US Base Oil Output Dipped in November

United States refiners produced a modest 4.4 million barrels of base oil in November, according to new data from the fed …

2024: Bumper Year for Brazil Base Oils

2024: Bumper Year for Brazil Base Oils

Brazil’s output of virgin mineral base oils jumped 24% in December, compared to the same month of 2023, rounding out t …