For the past two years, refiners in much of the world have sacrificed base oil production by diverting feedstocks to fuels, which offered exceptionall ...

HOUSTON – Base oil production in China has for decades belonged almost exclusively to PetroChina and Sinopec, two of the communist nations large ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — ASTM’s Heavy Duty Engine Oil Classification Panel, which is responsible for moving forward the new PC-10 heavy-duty e ...

Italian lubricant supplier FL Selenia SpA is changing hands again. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has agreed to buy it from Vestar Capital Partners ...

HOUSTON- The American Petroleum Institutes Lubricants Committee last week heard the outcome of its 2004 engine oil aftermarket audit program, which ch ...

After a three-year slump, the U.S. lubricant industry rebounded in 2004 with sales volumes rising 1.8 percent, the National Petrochemical and Refiners ...

Fuchs Petrolub AG and Afton Chemical Corp. both posted bumper third quarter performances despite continuing pressure from rising raw material costs. F ...

Long-awaited stability of crude oil prices appears to have brought the same to the U.S. base oil market. Posted prices for paraffinic stocks are going ...

Intertek Caleb Bretts share of the lubricant testing market will grow significantly when its $34.5 million purchase of PerkinElmers Automotive Researc ...

Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. said recently that it has landed an exclusive contract to collect used motor oil generated by the United States Postal Servi ...

Quaker Chemical Corp. said last week that third quarter net income jumped 83 percent from the same period of 2004, thanks primarily to increases in pr ...

Brazil’s lubricants market saw 10 percent growth in consumption rates for 2004, outpacing the economic juggernauts of China and India for the ye ...

ExxonMobils Beaumont, Texas, base oil plant still has not returned to operation since Septembers Hurricane Rita, market sources say, and now does not ...

Without knowing quite how, U.S. lubricant blenders say they appear to be emerging unscathed from the massive disruption in base oil supply caused by H ...

Bulgarias Prista Oil is taking a step backward this year in terms of financial performance, but that is not deterring it from moving ahead with invest ...

Lubrizol Corp. reported Thursday that third quarter operating income for its Lubricant Additives segment rose 4 percent from the same period of 2004, ...

Chemical prices continue to rise, with several suppliers announcing new increases. Pilot Chemical, Dow, Goldschmidt Chemical and Lanxess all said they ...

Fuel has been the largest part of Chain Oil Co.s business, at least in terms of volume. But the Wixon, Mich., oil jobber sold those operations last mo ...

Posted prices in the U.S. base oil market were unchanged again this week, and observers said they see little to suggest they will move any time soon. ...

Chevron Oronite said last week that it has completed repairs at its Oak Point plant in Belle Chasse, La., and that the facility has sustained full-sca ...