Tom Glenn highlights some evolutionary changes (not all for the better) in how lubricants are made and sold.

The National Advertising Division urged BP Lubricants USA to rescind a recent commercial that claims BPs Castrol Edge motor oil is superior to ExxonMo ...

Russian oil major Lukoil recently signed lubricants supply contracts with a number of business and government customers in northern Russia, Sweden, Ro ...

Ashlands Valvoline business posted increases in operating income and sales for the quarter ending Dec. 31, while base oil refiner S-Oil reported a str ...

BP agreed to sell its aviation turbine oil business assets to Eastman Chemical Co. for an undisclosed amount, both companies announced yesterday. The ...

Sales of counterfeit engine oils are becoming a more attractive crime in Asia as the region shifts toward higher quality lubes, industry insiders say.

An Indian court has scheduled a meeting Thursday for stockholders of Gulf Oil Corp. Ltd. to consider managements proposal to spin off its lubricant bu ...

Indonesian motorcycle retailer PT Mitra Pinasthika Mulia plans to use proceeds from a recent stock offering to build a new blending plant for its lubr ...

BP and Caltex will sever their Australian joint venture, the Australasian Lubricant Manufacturing Co., which supplies nearly half of the country's lub ...

Lubricating Specialties Co. President Sydney Thwaites and Vintage Capital Partners II, L.P. have acquired full ownership of the independent blender, a ...

Metalworking fluids manufacturer Metalloid Corp. opened a new 54,000 square foot facility in Jacksonville, Texas, that includes laboratory, office and ...

A booming automotive market has pulled Brazils lubricant demand to sixth largest in the world, according to an IHS report published late last year. Br ...

Gulf Oil Ltd. said late last year that it has entered three more markets - Kazakhstan, South Sudan and Croatia. The Indian lubricants and fuels suppli ...

Led by healthy appetites in Asia, global demand for general industrial oils is projected to grow from 6.5 million metric tons in 2011 to 7.2 million t ...

WD-40s net income totaled $11.5 million for the quarter ending Nov. 30, up 5 percent from the year-earlier period, while net sales were up slightly at ...

Japans Idemitsu Kosan Co. announced last week the start-up of a new lubricant plant in Haiphong City, Vietnam. Officials said the 31,000 tons per year ...

Shell and Hyundai extended their Russian agreement for lubricants supply, training, technical support and marketing events to a five-year period. Unde ...

The Petroleum Quality Institute of America issued an advisory last week to warn consumers that a sample of Valvolines NextGen SAE 5W-20 failed to meet ...

The Sri Lankan government has decided to increase the number of companies licensed to supply lubricants. Industry insiders predict it will increase co ...

Japans Idemitsu Kosan Co. announced last week the start-up of a new lubricant plant in Haiphong City, Vietnam. Officials said the 31,000 ton per year ...