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

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 …

MJL Agrees to Buy Land for Expansion

MJL Agrees to Buy Land for Expansion

The biggest lubricant producer in Bangladesh is taking a step that could allow it to expand sometime in the future. MJL …

IFC Undertakes Third Global Spec

IFC Undertakes Third Global Spec

Three years since its founding, the International Fluids Consortium has begun working on its third engine oil specificat …

Hindustan Will Form Subsidiary for Lubes

Hindustan Will Form Subsidiary for Lubes

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. plans to create a separate subsidiary for its lubricant business, which it claims is the …

PdVSA Reopens Lube Blending Plant

PdVSA Reopens Lube Blending Plant

Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. announced yesterday that it has reopened a finished lubricant blending plant at its Vassa Gu …

Several EU Members Propose Looser Euro 7

Several EU Members Propose Looser Euro 7

European Union member states last week agreed to push the bloc’s executive arm to relax Euro 7 automobile emissions re …

Trade Group, Agencies Fight Counterfeiting

Trade Group, Agencies Fight Counterfeiting

The Indonesia Lubricants Association organized a talk show last month to discuss how it is cooperating with the nation …

API Adopts SAE 0W-8 and SAE 0W-12

API Adopts SAE 0W-8 and SAE 0W-12

The American Petroleum Institute on Thursday adopted SAE 0W-8 and 0W-12 viscosity grades into service category API SP, e …

McDonch Opening Lube Plant in China

McDonch Opening Lube Plant in China

McDonch Petrochemical Co. announced on Sept. 1 it will soon open the first phase of a blending plant in Tianjin, China, …

Soltex Buys Dielectric Fluid Supplier DSI

Soltex Buys Dielectric Fluid Supplier DSI

Aiming to expand its offerings for dielectric fluids and other electrical insulating lubricants and coolants, chemical m …

Softer Chlorinated Paraffin Ban Advised for EU

Softer Chlorinated Paraffin Ban Advised for EU

A subcommittee of the European Chemicals Agency recommended recently that medium-chain chlorinated paraffins be phased o …