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

Shareholders Approve Livent-Allkem Merger

Shareholders Approve Livent-Allkem Merger

Shareholders of lithium suppliers Livent Corp. and Allkem Ltd. both approved their proposed merger this month, the last …

NewMarket Buying Perchlorate Supplier

NewMarket Buying Perchlorate Supplier

In a move to diversify, NewMarket Corp., the parent company of lubricant additive supplier Afton Chemical, agreed to buy …

Looser Euro 7 Headed for Approval

Looser Euro 7 Headed for Approval

The European Council and European Parliament reached a provisional agreement Monday to not make major changes to passeng …

Novvi Bankruptcy Case Aimed at Restructuring

Novvi Bankruptcy Case Aimed at Restructuring

Chemical company Novvi LLC filed what it described as a voluntary bankruptcy petition Sunday, stating that it intends to …

Arteco Builds Coolants Factory in China

Arteco Builds Coolants Factory in China

Citing opportunity in the booming electric vehicle market, Belgium-based Arteco announced recently that it is building a …

Petrobras Cancels Lubnor Refinery Sale

Petrobras Cancels Lubnor Refinery Sale

Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras announced Monday that it had terminated the sale of the Lubnor refinery to Grepar Parti …

BASF-YPC Makes Ethanolamines in China

BASF-YPC Makes Ethanolamines in China

Sinopec and BASF recently inaugurated the downstream expansion of their petrochemicals joint venture in Nanjing, China …

EPA Proposes Phase-out for PIP (3:1)

EPA Proposes Phase-out for PIP (3:1)

The ability to use phenol, isopropylated phosphate as an ingredient in lubricants would end in five years under rule ame …

Petrol Ofisi Expands Blending Plant

Petrol Ofisi Expands Blending Plant

Energy company Petrol Ofisi announced recently that it is expanding its lubricant blending plant in Kocaeli, Turkey, inc …

Shareholders Approve Acquisition of UMW

Shareholders Approve Acquisition of UMW

Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby Berhard received shareholder approval yesterday for its proposal to acquire majority o …

ExxonMobil to Enter Lithium Business

ExxonMobil to Enter Lithium Business

ExxonMobil announced Monday that it will enter the lithium business by drilling a well for the mineral in Arkansas. The …

Middle East Holds Base Oil Advantage

Middle East Holds Base Oil Advantage

The Middle East has cost advantages over other regions when it comes to production of base oils, an analyst told an indu …

South Korea Market Forecast to Barely Grow

South Korea Market Forecast to Barely Grow

South Korea’s economy may be rebounding and vehicle sales within the country continuing to expand, but that will barel …

European Base Oils Ending Year on Blasé Note

European Base Oils Ending Year on Blasé Note

European demand for all types of mineral base oils is trending toward lackluster as 2023 enters its home stretch, an edi …

Shell Selling Pakistan Business to Saudi Firm

Shell Selling Pakistan Business to Saudi Firm

Shell has agreed to sell its operations in Pakistan to Wafi Energy, a fuels retailer in Saudi Arabia, the companies anno …

Eneos Shutters Wakayama Refinery

Eneos Shutters Wakayama Refinery

Eneos Corp. this month permanently closed its crude oil refinery in Arida city, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, including it …

Africa Demand Spurred by Economic Growth

Africa Demand Spurred by Economic Growth

Lubricant consumption in Africa is forecast to grow at a compound annual rate of 2.4% over the next five years, an offic …

Gulf Oil Blends S-Oil’s Lubes in India

Gulf Oil Blends S-Oil’s Lubes in India

S-Oil is contracting Gulf Lubricants Oil India Ltd. to blend and distribute its finished lubes in India – the first ti …