Finished Lubricants

The Tanzania Bureau of Standards has intensified efforts to rid the East African country of substandard lubricants but has more work to do, some exper ...

Warren Gets into Grease

November 6, 2013

Warren Oil has completed an addition to its West Memphis, Ark., facility that will enable it to produce 10 million pounds of grease per year.The new g ...

Russian lube marketer Gazpromneft Lubricants launched two products in the Dominican Republic in a bid to penetrate the South American market.The Russi ...

Oman Oil Launches Lube Brand

November 6, 2013

Government owned Oman Oil Marketing Co. launched its own lubricants brand in the Sultanate of Oman.Products offered under the brand include automotive ...

Sister Ships, One Captain

October 30, 2013

Gulf Oil International appointed Paul DeVivo, CEO of wholly owned but independently operated subsidiary Houghton International, as its new CEO and hea ...

Q3 Earnings Wrap-up

October 30, 2013

This past weeks third-quarter financial reports brought solid earnings for Afton Chemical and Quaker Chemical, while profits for South Korean base oil ...

Fuchs Ups China Production

October 30, 2013

Fuchs Petrolub SE on Monday opened a blending plant in Yingkou, China, one of two that the company now operates in the country. The new facility repla ...

FCC Environmental said it is on track to break ground on its $50 million rerefinery in Baltimore in the second quarter of 2014, and to commence operat ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded George Washington University a $1.3 million grant to study whether exposure to metalworkin ...

Petronas Lubricants International will invest $50 million to build its first lubricants blending plant in India, with the first phase expected to be c ...

One in Five Bulk Oils Bad

October 23, 2013

The American Petroleum Institutes annual motor oil testing program found almost one in five samples of bulk motor oil purchased from the North America ...

DUBAI, U.A.E. – Quality in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabias 405,000 metric ton per year lubricant market will rise fast with the 2016 introduction o ...

Gazprom Bunkers in Primorsk

October 16, 2013

Gazpromneft Lubricants is offering marine oil bunkering services at a key Russian port to enhance its maritime product competitiveness and sales, the ...

Fuchs Petrolub recently opened a new lubricants plant in Russia to offer more products on local and regional markets. The 15 million (U.S. $20.4 mill ...

Michigan Banishes Bullseye

October 9, 2013

Michigan issued stop-use and stop-removal orders on oils from Bullseye Automotive Lubricants of Illinois this week, the states second such mandate in ...

Boss Grows in Canada

October 9, 2013

Boss Lubricants added a new warehouse and blending facility in Edmonton, Canada, to grow its opportunities to supply and service the northern Alberta ...

Europe Lube Demand Sluggish

October 2, 2013

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Europe will consume 7 million tons of lubricants annually through 2021, but the continued economic crises may stunt markets, ...

EMI Revs Up Hydrotreater

October 2, 2013

Environmental Management Inc. opened a hydrotreating unit in Kansas City, Kan., where it will produce 9 million gallons of rerefined and recycled tran ...

HazCom Trained Yet?

October 2, 2013

As OSHAs Dec. 1 deadline for training looms, U.S. employers have just two more months to ensure employees are familiar with the new Globally Harmonize ...

Swiss lubricant company Strub opened a subsidiary in Russia to expand its operation in the region, the company said last week. The company’s of ...