Market Topics

Saudi Total Lubricants Co., orSatlub, a joint venture of Total and Al Zahid Group, on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding with developer Emaar ...

SEVILLE, Spain – Customizing rerefined base oils and opening new niche markets are key targets for Europes rerefining industry, Christian Hartma ...

BASF said it will raise prices for polyalcohols used in production of synthetic lubricants, Kraton Polymers has announced price increases for polymers ...

Synlubes Fuel Cognis Sales

December 5, 2007

Cognis functional products business unit – which includes its synthetic lubricants, mining technology, AgroSolutions and polymers, coatings and ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

December 5, 2007

News of additional posted price hikes from Chevron, Citgo, Valero, Sunoco and SK reached the market this week, following the ExxonMobil and Calumet mo ...

HOUSTON – Biodiesel contamination can degrade performance of crankcase lubricants, though it does appear that some of this degradation can be mi ...

Ashland to Blend Neste Lubes

November 28, 2007

Neste Oil on Nov. 21 signed a lubricant production agreement with Ashland Nederland B.V., a subsidiary of Ashland Inc., to produce Neste Oil lubricant ...

More Dry Machining for Ford

November 28, 2007

Ford Motor Co.s Van Dyke Transmission Plant in Sterling Heights, Mich., will complete installation of a second MAG Powertrain-built minimum quantity l ...

Platinum Research Organization recently selected Chem Technologies Ltd. to produce TechroBond 280, a new additive for industrial greases that would be ...

Bel-Ray has announced that Tribolub Ltd. Sti. will serve as its exclusive distributor of general industrial and No-Tox food grade lubricant products i ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

November 28, 2007

Just as the recently implemented round of price hikes was taking hold, ExxonMobil surprised market players with plans to increase posted prices of all ...

Texas Petrochemicals Inc. on Monday confirmed plans to more than double its current production of polyisobutylene by mid-2008 at its Houston plant, to ...

Maxum Petroleum Inc., wholly-owned subsidiary of SPI Petroleum LLC, has acquired lubricant and fuel distributor Farmington Oil Co. in New Mexico and a ...

Profits Down at S-Oil

November 21, 2007

South Korean base oil refiner S-Oil reported a decline in profits for its lubricants segment during the third quarter, compared to a year earlier. Acc ...

SMF Energy Corp., formerly Streicher Mobile Fueling, on Thursday said it reached agreement with Chevron Products Co. to expand its Texaco lubricant ma ...

U.S. Base Oil Report

November 21, 2007

This week Ergon joined the list of naphthenic producers who recently raised prices, telling customers that it plans to raise all pale oils by 15 cents ...

GS Caltex Lifts Off

November 14, 2007

GS Caltex launched commercial production of lubricating base oils at its Yeosu complex in South Korea Oct. 29, as the joint venture completed a 1.5 tr ...

Gulf Oil Buys Petromin

November 14, 2007

Indias Gulf Oil International Group announced Monday that its joint venture in Saudi Arabia has acquired Petromin, that nations largest lubricant supp ...

The board of directors of automotive aftermarket supplier Industrial Enterprises of America Inc. suspended Chief Financial Officer Jorge Yepes as of N ...

Fuchs Petrolub AG posted a gain in earnings for 2007s first nine months, while Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP reported a steep drop for the th ...