Finished Lubricants

Russias Gazprom will produce Texaco-branded marine oils in Russia for U.S. oil major Chevron, Gazprom Neft said yesterday. Under the agreement, Gazp ...

Philippine law enforcement officials confiscated 8,878 bottles of counterfeit Castrol lubricants worth U.S. $37,000 during a raid, the nations state-r ...

Lubrizols acquisition of grease manufacturer Chemtool remains under Federal Trade Commission review, and Lubrizol expects to close on the deal once th ...

The number of U.S. fast lubes stands at 16,005, down 711 stores from a year ago, according to National Oil & Lube News 2012 Tops in the Industry ...

U.S. demand for synthetic lubricants and functional fluids will grow more than 8 percent annually to $7.4 billion in 2015, boosted by modern equipment ...

New Lubes JV in Singapore

March 21, 2012

Hup Soon and AP Oil yesterday announced a 50-50 joint venture in Singapore to develop and produce lubricants under a new brand name, to be sold global ...

Gazproms Lube Sales Rise

March 21, 2012

Russian lubes producer Gazprom Neft-SMs automotive lubricants sales soared in 2011, boosted by new high-end products for domestic and international ma ...

Enoc Launches UAE Plant

March 14, 2012

Emirates National Oil Co. inaugurated its 105,000 metric tons per year lubricants and grease plant on Monday in Fujairah Port in the United Arab Emira ...

Fuchs Lubricants will move its Lubrodal forging lubricants division from Pennsylvania to the companys corporate headquarters in Illinois in 2013 to ha ...

Kline & Co. projects 16 percent annual growth in lubricant consumption in the global wind turbine industry over the next five years, although eco ...

Quaker Sales, Income Up

March 14, 2012

Lubricant supplier Quaker Chemical posted substantial increases in net income for 2011s fourth quarter and the full year, compared to results in the y ...

LONDON – With the help of lubricants ally BP Castrol, Ford has created a proprietary engine oil for its innovative 1.0-liter, three-cylinder Eco ...

The Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association and WD-40 are at odds over a California Senate bill to amend South Coast Air Quality Management Di ...

Milacron and subsidiary Cimcool have sued Stough Tool Sales for marketing pink industrial fluids, alleging trademark infringement and unfair competiti ...

Brazils Cosan announced last week it is acquiring U.K.-based Comma Oil and Chemicals Ltd., staking a foothold in the European lubricants and specialti ...

Valvoline Instant Oil Change on Monday announced plans to expand its quick lube franchise into the Richmond, Va., market in 2012, its first entry into ...

2011 Healthy Year for Fuchs

February 22, 2012

Fuchs Petrolub AG posted 2011 earnings of 183 million (U.S. $240.7 million) on full-year sales revenue of 1.7 billion, up from 2010 earnings of 172 mi ...

Cortec launched a new Middle East joint venture with its regional distributor United Corrosion Technologies to supply corrosion inhibitors in the regi ...

Dover, EPA Settle CP Violation

February 15, 2012

Dover Chemical will pay $1.4 million in civil penalties for unauthorized manufacture of chlorinated paraffins at facilities in Dover, Ohio, and Hammon ...

Unlike civilians, the diverse armed forces of NATO must be prepared to operate in any environment and under severe conditions at any time. Ideally, ea ...