The lubricants industry traditionally has not been a big source of advertising revenue for television broadcasters, but at least two of the biggest mo ...

Ethyl Corp. reported that its petroleum additive segments operating profits for the quarter and half-year ending June 30, excluding nonrecurring items ...

ExxonMobil increased posted base oil prices Monday by 2 to 7 cents per gallon on its Group I stocks, and 5 cents per gallon on Group II-Plus, the firs ...

Last Wednesday ILSAC/Oil approved the final draft limits for GF-4, and on Monday unveiled the new passenger car engine oil specification to all intere ...

Shifting exchange rates boosted the second quarter performance of Quaker Chemical Corp. and Milacron Inc.s Industrial Fluids business, according to fi ...

The Industrial Division of Graphics Technology Inc. has been bought out by a team of current and former executives. The operation, which markets label ...

Flint Hills Resources LLC closed Thursday on its purchase of Shell Oil Co.s 50-percent stake in the Excel Paralubes base oil refinery. The transaction ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Friday approved Shell Oil Co.s proposal to sell its 50-percent stake in the Excel Paralubes base oil refinery to ...

Quaker Chemical Corp. announced Monday that it has purchased Eural S.r.l., an Italian manufacturer of specialty metalworking fluids. Quaker officials ...

Shell International Gas Ltd. recently debottlenecked its gas-to-liquids plant in Bintulu, Malaysia, increasing production of the feedstock it uses to ...

ExxonMobil Corp. last week announced a five-year technology alliance with Symyx Technologies Inc., aimed at speeding the oil giants search for new cat ...

U.S. lubricant blenders may soon have another source for Group I stocks: the Italian oil company Agip Petroli S.p.A. The companys subsidiary in the Un ...

Calling it a commercial breakthrough for its soybean-based lubricants, the University of Northern Iowas Ag-Based Industrial Lubricants Research Progra ...

Spring 2003 was not financially refreshing for Lubrizol Corp. or Valvoline, as both companies recorded year-to-year declines in earnings for the quart ...

British additive supplier Polartech Ltd. announced Monday that it has entered the Mexican market by signing a long-term distribution agreement with a ...

Posted prices for paraffinic base oils in the United States have not changed for nearly six months, and some market observers say it could be several ...

ChevronTexaco Corp. announced Monday that it is reorganizing its lubricants business and other downstream operations in an effort to cut costs. The co ...

Lambent Technologies has a new home and Lubrizol Corp. another new product line, both the result of a three-way sale by chemical company BASF. The com ...

So much for speculation that American Refining Group is living on borrowed time. The mite-sized oil company this week announced the startup of an isom ...

Hurricane Claudette came ashore in Texas yesterday, and washed outthe APILubricants Committee meeting that was scheduled for Houston today, aspokeswom ...