Finished Lubricants

Shell to Boost Lubes in Russia

November 27, 2013

Shell expects to double its lubricants production in Russia in 2014 and to start exporting to Belarus, Ukraine and other neighboring countries, the co ...

Savant Group Ups its Ops

November 20, 2013

The Savant Group broke ground last week on a $3 million project to expand manufacturing, laboratory and training operations at its headquarters in Mid ...

In a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency, Calumet Shreveport Lubricant and Waxes has agreed to pay a $326,000 civil penalty and to spe ...

U.K. Gets Lube Watchdog

November 13, 2013

BRUSSELS – The United Kingdom Lubricants Association recently launched Verification of Lubricant Specifications, a new membership organization d ...

Calumet Hits 3Q Speed Bump

November 13, 2013

Calumet Specialty Products Partners reported a $19 million operating loss for the quarter ending Sept. 30, down from $98.8 million operating income a ...

The Tanzania Bureau of Standards has intensified efforts to rid the East African country of substandard lubricants but has more work to do, some exper ...

Warren Gets into Grease

November 6, 2013

Warren Oil has completed an addition to its West Memphis, Ark., facility that will enable it to produce 10 million pounds of grease per year.The new g ...

Russian lube marketer Gazpromneft Lubricants launched two products in the Dominican Republic in a bid to penetrate the South American market.The Russi ...

Oman Oil Launches Lube Brand

November 6, 2013

Government owned Oman Oil Marketing Co. launched its own lubricants brand in the Sultanate of Oman.Products offered under the brand include automotive ...

Sister Ships, One Captain

October 30, 2013

Gulf Oil International appointed Paul DeVivo, CEO of wholly owned but independently operated subsidiary Houghton International, as its new CEO and hea ...

Q3 Earnings Wrap-up

October 30, 2013

This past weeks third-quarter financial reports brought solid earnings for Afton Chemical and Quaker Chemical, while profits for South Korean base oil ...

Fuchs Ups China Production

October 30, 2013

Fuchs Petrolub SE on Monday opened a blending plant in Yingkou, China, one of two that the company now operates in the country. The new facility repla ...

FCC Environmental said it is on track to break ground on its $50 million rerefinery in Baltimore in the second quarter of 2014, and to commence operat ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded George Washington University a $1.3 million grant to study whether exposure to metalworkin ...

Petronas Lubricants International will invest $50 million to build its first lubricants blending plant in India, with the first phase expected to be c ...

One in Five Bulk Oils Bad

October 23, 2013

The American Petroleum Institutes annual motor oil testing program found almost one in five samples of bulk motor oil purchased from the North America ...

DUBAI, U.A.E. – Quality in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabias 405,000 metric ton per year lubricant market will rise fast with the 2016 introduction o ...

Gazprom Bunkers in Primorsk

October 16, 2013

Gazpromneft Lubricants is offering marine oil bunkering services at a key Russian port to enhance its maritime product competitiveness and sales, the ...

Fuchs Petrolub recently opened a new lubricants plant in Russia to offer more products on local and regional markets. The 15 million (U.S. $20.4 mill ...

Michigan Banishes Bullseye

October 9, 2013

Michigan issued stop-use and stop-removal orders on oils from Bullseye Automotive Lubricants of Illinois this week, the states second such mandate in ...