Why are dispersants so important? How have they evolved over time? Will they continue to be a major formulation component in the future?

A research institute has developed two real-time methods for measuring the homogeneity of lubricating greases. What do these new methods entail, and h ...

Vertex Energy Inc. reported large increases in gross profit and revenues for its used motor oil collection and processing business, while Perimeter So ...

An arbitrator last month issued a final award exonerating a former executive of International Petroleum Products & Additives Co. of violating term ...

Evonik announced last week that it will exit its Performance Materials business unit, which supplies some intermediate chemicals used to make lubrican ...

A Kentucky town is still dealing with the fallout over a spill of “forever chemicals” three years after it was first self-reported by Shamrock Tec ...

Afton Chemical parent company NewMarket Corp. reported an 8% drop in operating profit for its petroleum additives business, stating that cost increase ...

An Illinois judge on Monday approved an order holding Lubrizol’s Chemtool Inc. responsible for cleaning up the site of its former grease and additiv ...

An expansion of the Nanjing, China, petrochemical joint venture between BASF and Sinopec will bring the site’s capacity for ethanolamine production ...

Mexico’s government nationalized the country’s nascent lithium industry this week as legislators approved President Andrés Manuel López Obrado� ...

Chinese companies Jiangsu Lopal Tech Co. and Richful Lube Additive Co. each reported increases in profits for the fourth quarter of 2021 and for the f ...

Bright stock supply is tight. Fortunately, OCP and PIB can be used to replace the scarce base stock in grease applications.

Perimeter Solutions SA’s oil additives business reported lower earnings and sales for the fourth quarter and lower earnings and higher sales for the ...

Brussels, Belgium-based Solvay announced last week it was reviewing plans to separate the company into two independent publicly traded companies – E ...

Lubrizol announced last week that it appointed board of directors Chairwoman Mary Rhinehart to the additional posts of president and chief executive o ...

BASF will build a new world-scale production plant for alkylethanolamines at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium, with start-up planned in 2024, the ...

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. said it has begun designing a pilot factory that will use materials from plants to make what it calls sustainable methyl met ...

Afton Chemical posted decreased operating profit for the fourth quarter and full year 2021 along with increased sales, while Valvoline saw an increase ...

The lubricants industry – especially in Europe – will face largescale changes in coming years in the types of raw materials that will be available ...

Infineum announced last week that it is restructuring its executive committee by adding new directors in charge of sustainability, business growth and ...