Of almost 253 million passenger cars on the road in the United States, the average vehicle age is 11.4 years, an IHS Automotive study found. The surve ...

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP plans to expand normal alpha olefin production capacity at its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas, by 100,000 metric ...

Solazymes joint venture with Bunge Global Innovation LLC produced its first commercially saleable products, including algal oils and biodegradable dri ...

Thanks to the startup this month of a polyalphaolefin plant in China, the world is getting a fresh source of high-viscosity PAO. By early July, offici ...

BASF will construct a new polyalkylene glycol-based lubricants manufacturing facility in Ludwigshafen, Germany and start operations by the beginning o ...

Biodegradable lubricants and greases havent made great headway in most markets - but the seeds for success at last are in place, says longtime expert ...

Small in volume but high in cost, these specialized products go fearlessly where mineral oil based lubricants fear to tread. Where are they headed nex ...

G-Oil Green Motor Oil brags that its the first biodegradable engine oil to meet the API SM category. Its next hurdle: turning boasts into profits.

Researchers continue to bolster the durability and performance of seed oil based lubricants. Now if they can just get customers to try them …

To minimize the environmental impact of lubricant spills, industry has encouraged development of products that degrade quickly. Now a German firm warn ...

Demand is growing for synthetic greases. Wilfried Bartz says these products have impressive strengths - and some weaknesses - and that users should co ...

It is becoming increasingly apparent that electric and plug-in hybrid cars are catching on and are destined to become a significant portion of the glo ...

Sometimes lubricant suppliers prefer not to be lubricant blenders. In such cases, they turn to toll blenders.

Reducing production costs is the major driver for biolubes market growth, with legislation that mandates biolube usage a close second, two industry co ...

Synthetic esters are enjoying healthy demand growth, according to a Croda official, especially for lubricant applications that require high technical ...

Otto Botz of Rowe Minerallwerk GmbH examines the capabilities and future prospects for biolubricants.

Elevance Renewable Sciences and Enis Versalis chemical subsidiary will jointly develop and scale a new metathesis technology to produce biochemicals f ...

A California legislator whose constituents include Biosynthetic Technologies has introduced a state bill that will require use of biosynthetic motor o ...

Commercial production of Solazymes algal oils commenced at two Iowa facilities, and the sale and distribution of the products began in both the United ...

Chemtura Corp. has begun the commissioning process of its new polyalphaolefin plant in Ankerweg, Netherlands, and almost simultaneously has started up ...