Finished Lubricants

Sales of electric vehicles are still relatively small but are growing fast, and most automakers now offer some type of hybrid or purely battery-powere ...

Large potential disruptions loom on the horizon for the global lubricants industry - from electric vehicles to shared mobility, evolution in metalwork ...

Global demand for heavy-duty motor oils shrank slightly over the past four years, but consumption of genuine heavy-duty oils rose during that period a ...

BP's Nexcel sealed-cell oil system - initially launched in 2015 and then marketed primarily as a means for faster oil changes - can work in tandem wit ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE announced yesterday the opening of its new lubricants blending plant in Wujiang in Chinas Jiangsu province. The plant has 100,000 me ...

Lub-rref (Bangladesh) Ltd., the largest lubricating oil blending plant in Bangladesh, is poised for expansion and growth with the proceeds of its upco ...

The International Maritime Organizations 2020 regulations wont just affect the marine fuels and shipping industries, but is predicted to impact base o ...

Indias lubricant blenders boosted their finished lubricant exports since 2014 by targeting developing markets in regions where lubricant demand is gro ...

A Federal District Court judge in Missouri last week granted preliminary approval to a class action settlement providing partial reimbursement to cust ...

Tatneft plans to open a 200,000 tons per year lubricants blending plant at its Taneco refinery site in Nizhnekamsk, Russia, according to the companys ...

Automotive

April 15, 2019

Steve Swedberg refutes the most common justifications for 3,000-mile oil changes.

Need To Know

April 15, 2019

Tom Glenn points to the lack of a clear and enforceable industry definition for synthetic engine oil.

It has taken over seven years, many test development delays and missed schedules, but the end is finally in sight for ILSAC GF-6.

WD-40 Profits Up

April 10, 2019

WD-40 posted net income of $15.9 million for the quarter ending Feb. 28, up more than 7 percent from the year-earlier period, with net sales virtually ...

The new owner of a blending plant in Avellaneda, Argentina has entered a contract to make lubricants for Puma Energy, and that means the facility will ...

Marine fuels and lubricants supplier Aegean Marine Petroleum Network emerged from Chapter 11 restructuring last week under a new name - Minerva Bunker ...

ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron and Phillips 66 notified U.S. customers of upcoming finished lubricant price increases that take effect in early May. Some ...

At a trade show in Beijing, China, for automotive aftermarket products, lubricant companies and industry analysts discussed how to survive declining o ...

A federal judge last week granted statewide class action status to 16 groups of consumers suing Dollar General for selling motor oil alleged to have b ...

Nynas AB announced this month the introduction of a biobased rubber process oil, saying that it wants to accommodate the tire industrys growing desire ...