Finished Lubricants

While marine operators ponder Vessel General Permit compliance, the risk of violating other North American environmental regulations lurks just beneat ...

The Nuclear Option

August 17, 2016

Jilted by its favorite Group I turbine oil, Ontario Power went in search of the right Group II product for long-term happiness.

Demand for consumer automotive lubricants in the U.S. is expected to decline by a 0.8 percent compound annual growth rate from 2015 to 2020, consultan ...

Ongoing financial trouble has lead Brazils state-owned oil company Petrobras to divest lubricant operations in Chile and Argentina, including blending ...

The average price per quart of motor oil in the U.S. automotive aftermarket industry declined 1 percent in the first six months of 2016, compared to a ...

Three zones in oil reservoirs and sumps have an important story to tell about the health of a circulating oil system. They might be difficult to reach ...

Egypt is Africas largest lubricant market, accounting for as much as one-sixth of the continents lubricant consumption. However, the countrys growth p ...

Letter to the Editor

August 15, 2016

Clarification to Lithium Article Clarification to Lithium Article Boris Kamchevs article on global lithium supply and lubricating greases in your Augu ...

Brazilian conglomerate Ultrapar announced its Ipiranga subsidiary will enter a joint venture agreement with Chevron Brasil Lubrificantes as a way for ...

All eyes are on Dec. 1, the day officially approved for launching products meeting the new API CK-4 and FA-4 heavy-duty diesel oil categories. And wit ...

Fuchs Petrolub plans to build a new grease plant in Johannesburg, South Africa, that will serve as the companys hub for grease manufacturing for the r ...

The American Petroleum Institute will cease its provisional licensing of ILSAC GF-5 and API SN, SM, SL and SJ passenger car motor oil categories after ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE agreed to acquire Delaware-based Ultrachem, which produces and markets specialty synthetic lubricants for the compressor original eq ...

Allegheny Petroleum and its distributor partner Paramount Trading Jamaica Ltd. will build a 7,500 metric tons per year lubricants blending plant in Ki ...

Q2 Earnings Wrap-up

July 27, 2016

Profits were up for Valvoline, South Korean base oil refiners SK Lubricants and S-Oil, and BPs lubricants business for the quarter ending in June, com ...

Kyodo Yushi Co. announced last week that it has finished building a synthetic grease plant in Kameyama city in Japans Mie prefecture. While the nation ...

Need To Know

July 20, 2016

Tom Glenn counts lubricant distributors, as another wave of consolidation washes over the market.

Best Practices

July 20, 2016

Sara Lefcourt looks down the road at ride sharings potential influence on the lubricants industry.

The U.S. Air Force is giving biobased automotive oils a chance to prove their mettle. Will green lubes win over this lucrative market?

Pumping Up Efficiency

July 20, 2016

Energy-hungry hydraulics, beware! New research shows viscosity index improvers can boost industrial system performance by 10 percent -- or more.