Mergers & Acquisitions

Moove, the lubricant and base oil arm of Brazil-based energy multinational Cosan, announced the recent acquisition of two lubricant distributors in Eu ...

Moove, the lubricant and base oil arm of Brazil-based energy multinational Cosan, announced the recent acquisition of two lubricant distributors in Eu ...

The South African Competition Tribunal last Thursday conditionally approved a Glencore-backed consortiums proposed acquisition of a controlling stake ...

Valvoline Inc. is set to acquire Ottawa, Canada-based quick-lube franchise Oil Changers Inc., the company announced last Tuesday. This deal is the com ...

The South African Competition Commission last week qualified a bid by a group backed by Swiss mining company Glencore to acquire 75 percent of Chevron ...

Parkland Fuel Corp., a Canadian distributor of fuels and petroleum products, acquired Rhinehart Oil Co. in a deal that is expected to double the Unite ...

Fuchs Group sold its share in Swiss lubricants company Motorex AG Langenthal to Motorex-Bucher Group AG, the company announced last Thursday. The Germ ...

A U.S. district court approved Thursday a request by defunct Canadian gold miner Crystallex International Corp. to seize control of shares from a Petr ...

Yushiro Chemical Industry Co. and American metalworking fluid supplier QualiChem Inc. announced an agreement Tuesday for Yushiro to acquire a stake in ...

SK Lubricants is reviewing the possibility of entering a joint venture with global partners in order to develop another base oil plant abroad.

Japan-based Yushiro Chemical Industry Co. and American metalworking fluid supplier QualiChem Inc. announced an agreement yesterday for Yushiro to acqu ...

French giant Total is seeking regulatory approval to acquire a blending plant from Tanzanian lubricant manufacturer Petrolube.

Mannheim, Germany-based Fuchs Petrolub SE acquired Belgian glass container lubricants manufacturer VDV Lubricants to expand its product offering in th ...

Branded automotive and industrial lubricants distributor Vesco Oil Corp. acquired industrial lubes and metalworking fluids distributor Accurate Lubric ...

Repsol announced Monday an agreement to acquire 40 percent of lubricant distributor Bardahl de Mexico, which will enable the Spanish energy company to ...

The proposed merger of Japanese refiners Idemitsu Kosan and Showa Shell Sekiyu KK is back on again - scheduled this time for April 1, 2019, the compan ...

Fuchs Forms Chilean JV

July 11, 2018

Fuchs Petrolub SE agreed last week to buy a majority stake in a Chilean lubricant distributorship, forming a joint venture that aims to expand its sal ...

HollyFrontier Corp. announced yesterday a deal to buy Red Giant Oil Co., an Iowa company that claims to be one of the countrys largest suppliers of lo ...

Aztec Oils has completed several acquisitions the past few years and now is trying to continue growing with a 1.2 million (U.S. $1.6 million) developm ...

Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd. closed last month on the purchase of most of Pampa Energias downstream assets in Argentina. The transaction includes a lubri ...