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

RelaDyne Expands into Latin America

RelaDyne Expands into Latin America

American lubricant distributor RelaDyne has expanded its yearslong buying spree beyond its home borders, announcing Marc …

CNOOC-Shell Select Technology for LAO Project

CNOOC-Shell Select Technology for LAO Project

Shell and China National Offshore Oil Co. are moving forward with plans to begin producing linear alpha olefins at their …

Lubrizol Opens Lab for Calcium Greases

Lubrizol Opens Lab for Calcium Greases

Citing a need to find alternatives to increasingly expensive lithium, Lubrizol Corp. last week opened a grease laborator …

Luberef Expansion Will Add 230,000 T/y

Luberef Expansion Will Add 230,000 T/y

Luberef said Sunday that a previously announced expansion of its base oil plant in Yanbu’ al Bahr, Saudi Arabia, will …

Lopal Forms Pact with SAIC-GM-Wuling

Lopal Forms Pact with SAIC-GM-Wuling

Lopal Technology Co. announced last week that it has reached a framework agreement with electric automaker SAIC-GM-Wulin …

Lubrizol Partners to Make Separations Membranes

Lubrizol Partners to Make Separations Membranes

Lubrizol Corp. said last week that it will partner with Solecta Inc. to develop and market novel membranes for the separ …

Progress Cited on Development of EV Fluids

Progress Cited on Development of EV Fluids

Developing lubricants and fluids for electric vehicles is a tall order – and only partly because performance requireme …

Ardova Chief Wants to Buy Out Minority Owners

Ardova Chief Wants to Buy Out Minority Owners

The majority owner of Nigerian fuels and lubricant supplier Ardova plc has proposed to buy out other shareholders and to …

Handi Boosts Group III Output

Handi Boosts Group III Output

Handi Sunshine Petrochemical has begun commercial production of API Group III base oils at its expanded base oil plant i …

U.S. Base Oil Imports Fell Sharply in November

U.S. Base Oil Imports Fell Sharply in November

Base oil exports from the United States were barely higher in November compared to the same month of 2021, while imports …

ExxonMobil Mulls PAO Plant in Asia

ExxonMobil Mulls PAO Plant in Asia

ExxonMobil is considering constructing a polyalphaolefin plant in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a recent posting …

Vertex Sells Heartland Rerefinery

Vertex Sells Heartland Rerefinery

Vertex Energy Inc. announced today that it has again reached an agreement to sell its Heartland used motor oil collectio …

U.S., Canada Want in on Mexican Lithium

U.S., Canada Want in on Mexican Lithium

Leaders of Mexico, the United States and Canada all have called for private businesses from the latter two companies to …

Gandhar Plans Public Stock Offering

Gandhar Plans Public Stock Offering

Petroleum products supplier Gandhar Oil Refinery has announced a plan to conduct an initial public stock offering in whi …

Researchers: EV Current Could Increase Wear

Researchers: EV Current Could Increase Wear

In a finding that signals potential challenges for electric vehicles, a team of researchers from academia and industry o …

Sri Lanka to Allow More Lube Suppliers

Sri Lanka to Allow More Lube Suppliers

Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers approved last week a proposal to allow additional suppliers to enter the country’s …

Lubnor Sale Sent Back for Review

Lubnor Sale Sent Back for Review

Last year’s purchase of the Lubnor refinery by Grepar Participacoes will be reviewed by a Brazilian court after a judi …

Jet Lubes Said to Contribute to Pollution

Jet Lubes Said to Contribute to Pollution

Researchers found synthetic aviation engine oils to be a significant source of fine particles polluting the air around a …