Apollo Management L.P. has acquired GEs Advanced Materials business, a chemical company whose ceramics division makes boron nitride powders used as so ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – For lubricants as for real estate, location plays a big role in what blenders will pay for base oils, and what offerings wil ...

Plant managers who work for U.S. lubricant manufacturing companies are paid an average of $99,672 a year, while their counterparts at lube distributor ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Think oil prices are high now? Five-plus years out, its crystal clear that energy costs will rise steeply and the North Amer ...

HOUSTON – China is the land of the rising base oil demand, according to Joe Rousmaniere, head of Petronas base oil business. China was a net exp ...

The Iowa State Fire Marshals office said that investigators are treating the Oct. 26 fire at a Stern Oil Co. facility in Council Bluffs as an intentio ...

Valvoline Instant Oil Change, the nations second largest oil change chain, yesterday announced that franchisee Great Lakes Quick Lube LP has acquired ...

Marine fuel and lubricant supplier Aegean Marine Petroleum Network this month filed for its initial public stock offering. The privately-held Greek co ...

MOSCOW – An audience of more than 300 heard here last week that Russia is promising ground for lubricant marketers – a big market with gro ...

Supply-demand balances in the U.S. base oil market continue to ease, heading into what is traditionally the slowest buying period of the year. Sources ...

Dale Walsh is now president of Chevron Global Lubricants in San Ramon, Calif., following an appointment that took effect last month. Walsh first joine ...

A recent Frost & Sullivan online analyst briefing on the U.S. and European metalworking fluid markets concluded niche markets provide the best op ...

Quaker Chemical Corp. on Nov. 9 announced it has acquired the 40 percent equity interest of Chinese joint venture partner Wuxi Gao Ren Jie Chemical Co ...

The blending and filling operations of Harvey, La.-based Evans Industries, acquired earlier this month by diversified container maker Greif Inc., are ...

HOUSTON – As Group III base oils find wider use in engine oils, pressure has predictably grown to relax rules that govern the flexibility of the ...

HOUSTON – Europes base oil market is tight, and blenders are scrounging for highly refined stocks. Asias is awaiting completion of a number of p ...

Diversified container maker Greif Inc. is in the process of acquiring Evans Industries, which is the largest manufacturer, contract packager, recondit ...

Fuchs Petrolub AG and Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP posted gains in third- quarter earnings reports last week. Fuchs reported that increased ...

Greek chemical group Neochimiki is among the companies planning to bid Nov. 17 for 70 percent of Fabrika Maziva and for 70 percent of Rafinerija Nafte ...

HOUSTON – As a lubricant industry consultant, Thomas F. Glenn makes his living partly by forecasting – predicting sales trends, divining t ...