Vessel operators and oil marketers are girding for the impacts that IMO 2020 will have on shipping and marine lubricants, but an industry analyst pred ...

HollyFrontier Corp.s lubricants and specialty products segment reported a decline in income from operations for its fourth quarter ending Dec. 31 and ...

ASTM International approved as a standard a new small scale oxidation test that provides more accurate results for biobased greases. The approval culm ...

Hill Corp. recently finished building a used oil rerefinery and a small grease unit at its lubricant blending plant in Shymkent, in southern Kazakhsta ...

Marine lubricant demand remained on its steady - if slightly declining - course in 2018, totaling an estimated 2.3 million tons, according to consulta ...

A majority of manufacturers in the United States are adopting some Industry 4.0 technologies, although many are still skeptical that the benefits of a ...

Russian chemical producer Orgkhim expanded its process oil production in Uren, Nizhny Novgorod, from 110,000 tons per year to 130,000 t/y by adding a ...

BASF increased lubricant antioxidant capacity at its Puebla, Mexico, site to keep up with growing demand for additives that lengthen the life of lubri ...

A small, Colorado-based blender has high-performance biobased lubes in its sights. The ammo? Colloidal dispersion.

Kraton Corp. last month lifted its force majeure declaration for its North American tall oil fatty acid and distilled tall oil product lines. The comp ...

South Korea's new Act on Safety Control of Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides regulation took effect Jan. 1. Industry sources disagree about whet ...

Quaker Chemical and Houghton International stated Tuesday that they expect the United States Federal Trade Commission to approve their proposed merger ...

Marine lubricant marketers and their customers face several significant challenges in coming years, but the market is growing and still offers opportu ...

Marine lubricant marketers and their customers face several significant challenges in coming years, but the market is growing and still offers opportu ...

An increase in active oil and gas rigs will drive commercial and industrial lubricant demand growth in the United States over the next few years, acco ...

Castrols Simon Youngman goes deep into subsea control fluids.

Reconditioning metalworking fluids is a good strategy to stop degradation, but care must be taken at each step.

Katie Kellenberger sounds the warning bell over looming sulfur regulations and economic viability at sea.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys Vessel General Permit created a global standard that has drastically affected the marine lubes industry by r ...

Uncertainty looms over the future of marine lubricants as the shipping industry looks to cut costs and regulations come to fruition requiring formulat ...