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

Amsoil Snatches Up Aerospace Lubricants

Amsoil Snatches Up Aerospace Lubricants

Amsoil Inc. said this week that it acquired Aerospace Lubricants, a Columbus, Ohio, producer and marketer of specialized …

VLS Refers Silverhook Complaints

VLS Refers Silverhook Complaints

Industry watchdog Verification of Lubricant Standards reported recently that it has lodged complaints with United Kingdo …

TotalEnergies Buys Rerefiner Tecoil

TotalEnergies Buys Rerefiner Tecoil

TotalEnergies announced this week that it purchased Finnish rerefiner Str Tecoil Oy, another move reflecting Big Oil’s …

Ola Blends for ExxonMobil in Morocco

Ola Blends for ExxonMobil in Morocco

ExxonMobil entered an agreement to have its lubricants toll blended in Morocco by Ola Energy, the latter company announc …

China Shifts from Lithium Thickeners

China Shifts from Lithium Thickeners

China’s grease industry continued shifting away from lithium soap thickeners, according to the latest survey from the …

Shell Expands Thai Grease Plant

Shell Expands Thai Grease Plant

Shell announced last week that it has completed an expansion of its grease manufacturing plant in Bangkok, tripling the …

NLGI: Lithium Thickeners Still Declining

NLGI: Lithium Thickeners Still Declining

The grease industry’s use of lithium soap thickeners continued to decline in 2023 both worldwide and in North America, …

Bericap Opens Factory in Kenya

Bericap Opens Factory in Kenya

Bericap, a manufacturing of closures for lubricant containers and other applications, announced last week that it has op …

VLS Brings Changes for Cutting Fluid

VLS Brings Changes for Cutting Fluid

Industry watchdog Verification of Lubricant Specifications reported recently that a metalworking fluids supplier altere …

Lithium Thickeners Dip in Europe

Lithium Thickeners Dip in Europe

The portion of greases made with lithium thickeners continued to decline in Europe in 2023, according to the latest surv …

Metalub Opens Costa Rica Rerefinery

Metalub Opens Costa Rica Rerefinery

A Costa Rican lubricant company this week opened what it claims to be the first waste lubricant refinery in Central Amer …

ATIEL, UEIL Form Sustainability Panel

ATIEL, UEIL Form Sustainability Panel

Two of Europe’s important lubricant industry trade groups – ATIEL and UEIL – have formed a joint committee to work …

Oxy, Berkshire Tie Up for Lithium

Oxy, Berkshire Tie Up for Lithium

Oil and gas producer Occidental Petroleum announced a joint venture with a Berkshire Hathaway business to extract high-p …

PSP Receives Capital Infusion

PSP Receives Capital Infusion

PSP Specialties announced recently that it has entered a share purchase agreement with an investment fund focused on pro …

YPF to Sell Lubes Units in Brazil, Chile

YPF to Sell Lubes Units in Brazil, Chile

The head of Argentinian oil major YPF said recently that the company will sell its businesses in Brazil and Chile, both …

State-owned Company Buys Sapref

State-owned Company Buys Sapref

South Africa’s Central Energy Fund SOC has finalized an agreement to buy the Sapref oil refinery in Durban, from Shell …

More Work Needed on Sustainability Standards

More Work Needed on Sustainability Standards

Trade associations in the lubricants industry have taken significant steps the past few years developing standards to he …

Base Oil Output, Demand Rise in India

Base Oil Output, Demand Rise in India

Refiners in India increased base oil production by 8% for the fiscal year ended March 31, leaning on a recent expansion …