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South Korea’s Hyundai Shell Base Oil, the GS Caltex lube division and Thai Oil’s lube base oil business all reported much higher operating profit ...

Troy to Merge with Arxada

November 10, 2021

Metalworking fluid biocides producer Troy and Arxada, a lubricants and biocides manufacturer, will merge their businesses, expanding the manufacturing ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. reported much improved earnings for the quarter ending Sept. 30, showing signs of emerging from COVID-19 pand ...

Lubricants and biocides manufacturer Arxada and Troy, a producer of metalworking fluid biocides, will merge their businesses, expanding the manufactur ...

London-based BP reported an underlying replacement cost profit of $231 million for its Castrol lubricants business before interest and taxes for the t ...

Castrol India Ltd. and Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. both reported lower profits and higher sales for the quarter ending Sept. 30, citing impacts of ...

HollyFrontier Corp.’s lubricants and specialty products segment reported large increases in income and revenue from operations, and Clean Harbors’ ...

Lubricants blender Fuchs Petrolub SE reported a slight decrease in profits on higher sales for the third quarter, citing the impacts of rising raw mat ...

Lubricants distributor Telko Ltd. will acquire fellow distributor Mentum AS, the company announced last week. Based in Tallinn, Estonia, but with oper ...

The United Nations has recently defined sustainable development as “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability ...

As emissions limits and fuel economy targets become more stringent in markets around the globe, there has been an increased need for lower-viscosity h ...

Base Oil Report: Trends

November 1, 2021

Leave No Trace   By now you’ve probably heard of the push for carbon neutrality. It’s gone from a buzz term to the focus of tangible busin ...

Your Business

November 1, 2021

Knowing When to Hold and When to Fold   In life, as in poker, the importance of recognizing when to hold ’em and when to fold ’em cannot b ...

A fruit grower in China’s Xinjiang province announced this month that it has reached a tentative agreement to acquire Tongyi Petroleum Chemical Co., ...

S-Oil reported much higher operating income for its base oil business, SK Lubricants posted a large jump in operating profit, and Pakistan-based blend ...

Sustainability Day emphasises the importance of environmental awareness. It's time for an new SDG to give this awareness some purpose.

Afton Chemical reported a lower operating profit despite increased sales – citing such factors as rising costs for raw materials and energy and cont ...

Machinery and equipment relies on effective lubrication. Yet greases – an important lubricant commonly used in axles, bearings, and gears – are no ...

Lehvoss Group, a producer and distributor of raw materials for lubricant additives and base oils based in Hamburg, Germany, acquired French lubricant ...

A subsidiary of specialty chemicals distributor Azelis will acquire 90% of the shares of South Africa-based lubricants, lubricant additives and base o ...