Earnings

BPs lubricants business profits were down, and net revenues were up for Cosan Lubrificantes in the second quarter, compared to 2013s second quarter. B ...

Balmer Lawries grease and lubricants segment posted a loss for the three months ended June 30, while Sah Petroleums moved back into the black after a ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners reported a net loss for the second quarter, while Clean Harbors made more money off rerefined and blended products ...

Lukoil Volumes Dip in 2013

August 13, 2014

Lukoils production of base oils and lubricants combined fell 8 percent last year compared to 2012, but it still captured 48 percent of the combined ma ...

Chevron Lubricants Lanka and Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. both reported higher profits for the quarter ended June 30, while Castrol India posted a d ...

2Q Earnings Wrap-up

August 6, 2014

Afton Chemical and Valvoline each posted strong earnings for the quarter ending June 30, while profits were down slightly for Fuchs Petrolub and Quake ...

Lubricant marketer MJL Bangladesh reported a 50 percent jump in its profit for the first half of 2014, while Indias Savita posted a 25 percent drop in ...

2Q Earnings Round-up

July 30, 2014

SK Lubricants, S-Oil, and Heritage-Crystal Clean each reported positive numbers in their second quarter earnings compared to the year-earlier period. ...

The base oil and lubricant businesses of S-Oil and SK both reported significant improvements in their second quarter financial performance, compared t ...

WD-40 Earnings, Sales Up

July 16, 2014

WD-40 posted net income of $10.4 million for the quarter ending May 31, up 1 percent from the year-ago period, with net sales up 3 percent at $95.7 mi ...

Savita’s Profits Drop

June 17, 2014

Savita Oil Technologies Ltd. reported a 3.9 percent increase in sales revenue for the fiscal year ended March 31, but profits fell due to higher expen ...

Sales Down at Sah

June 10, 2014

Sah Petroleums Ltd. saw its sales revenue decline by 3.1 percent in the fiscal year ended March 31. Still, the Mumbai-based lubricant and process oil ...

Operating performances of South Korean lubricant businesses have improved lately, helping them regain their luster in stock listings.

Clean Harbors rerefining groups third party revenues were down slightly in the first quarter compared to year earlier, while Cosan Lubrificantes net r ...

Castrol India Ltd.s profit dropped 19 percent in the first quarter of 2014. Net profit after taxes was Rs 100.2 crores (U.S. $17.2 million) for the th ...

1Q Tough on Calumet

May 14, 2014

Calumet Specialty Products Partners reported a $49.8 million loss in its first quarter, compared to $46 million in net income in the year earlier quar ...

China Rerun Chemical Group reported sharp improvements in sales and profits for the first half of its fiscal year. Gulf Oil Corp. Ltd. said profits fo ...

Q1 Earnings Wrap Up

May 7, 2014

Fuchs Petrolub and Ashlands Valvoline business each posted increases in first quarter profits and sales compared to year-earlier numbers. Heritage-Cry ...

The seasons first earnings reports showed positive trends for Asian lubricant players for the initial quarter of 2014. S-Oil and SKs base oil and lubr ...

Last Word

May 1, 2014

Russian lubricant marketers continue to struggle at home against foreign companies – many of them European – that have captured most of th ...