Industrial Lubricants

Rising electric vehicle sales and global carbon-neutrality initiatives are helping drive demand for use of tall oil fatty acid derivatives in the lubr ...

Among the many zero- or low-carbon fuels being considered by engine manufacturers to address the International Maritime Organization’s 2050 deadline ...

Lubrication with a Bang

September 1, 2021

Like many people, I took up a slew of new hobbies during the height of the coronavirus pandemic to fill my extra time. I decided that I would try my h ...

For the quarter ending June 30, Tide Water Oil reported a decrease in profit, while Gulf Oil Lubricants India, Maximus International, Continental Petr ...

India’s GP Petroleums reported a steeper net loss for the quarter ended June 30, while the lubricants unit of Balmer Lawrie and Savita Oil posted hu ...

Profits for South Korean base oil refiner SK Lubricants skyrocketed more than 500% for the quarter ended June 30, and profits climbed for Indian lubri ...

Pilot Chemical Co. will expand production of sulfonates, including a range of products that can be used in lubricants as corrosion inhibitors, emulsif ...

Afton Chemical, Quaker Chemical, and HollyFrontier’s lubricants and specialty products segment all reported increased profits for the second quarter ...

Editor’s Note: The terms metalworking fluid and metal removal fluid are used synonymously throughout this story.   Metalworking fluids play ...

Lubrication and protection of ship engines became much more complex after implementation of IMO 2020 fuel regulations, making testing ever more import ...

A court last month ordered that transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec Group’s dormant Australian subsidiary be wound down to insolvency, calling it the ...

Marine engine oils have evolved significantly the past couple years due to implementation of the IMO 2020 fuel regulations. Panelists at a recent ship ...

Regulations Ramp Up for Food-grade Lubes COVID-19 may have caused widespread disruption this past year, affecting output and pushing the suppl ...

While COVID-19 brought contraction to certain markets, the options for formulators of incidental food contact lubricants expanded significantly in 202 ...

Back in the Saddle

July 3, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic—and other factors, like severe weather—forced temporary shutdowns in a variety of industries. Because of this downtime, valu ...

For the quarter and fiscal year ending March 31, Savita Oil Technologies Ltd. reported higher net profit, while Continental Petroleums Ltd. reported l ...

Lubricant consumption in France jumped 61% in April, compared to the same month in 2020, likely reflecting a rebound from the first full month of COVI ...

Lithium greases made a small comeback in 2020 in Asia’s two largest grease markets, according to the latest survey by the United States-based Nation ...

A devastating fire that started Monday continued to burn Tuesday at Lubrizol’s Chemtool grease manufacturing plant in Rockton, Illinois. No employee ...

Lubricating grease production in North America declined 17% in 2020, according to the National Lubricating Grease Institute’s latest yearly survey. ...