The summer of 2003 is shaping up as a quiet one for the U.S. naphthenics market, which is better than many observers predicted at the start of the yea ...

The state of California is stepping up its enforcement of a law requiring marketers of API SA and SB engine oils to label them as obsolete and potenti ...

Indias Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd., part of the Gulf Oil International family, last week formed a joint venture with Oil Bangladesh Ltd. to blend and ma ...

Dover Chemical Corp. says its newly swelled share of the chlorinated paraffin market shouldnt be too big for antitrust regulators. But Pioneer Compani ...

Maybe the U.S. base oil market has gone so long without a price change that observers are having difficulty foreseeing one. Whatever the reason, there ...

Development of GF-4, the new gasoline engine oil quality upgrade, was becalmed throughout most of the winter. Forward movement resumed in the spring a ...

Dover Chemical Corp. announced yesterday that it has acquired the Keil Chemical Division of Ferro Corp. The transaction unites the two largest North A ...

Lubricant blender Bodie-Hoover Petroleum Corp. is going out of business – the result, say company officials, of a tough economy and an unfavorab ...

The U.S. base oil market had some good supply news for a change last week. Excel Paralubes resumed production Thursday, three days ahead of schedule. ...

ExxonMobil is apparently preparing to upgrade to Group II the automatic transmission fluid base produced at its Baton Rouge, La., refinery. And that h ...

When crude oil prices are riding high – as has been their habit this year – many quick-lube operators have a built-in means of reducing th ...

The Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association told the U.S. Federal Trade Commission Monday that it has no objections to Shell Oil Co.s plans to ...

Paraffinic posted prices in the United States were unchanged the past week for the 16th consecutive week. Crude oil costs moderated, with the price on ...

Citing demand from the evolving U.S. motor oil market, ChevronTexaco announced this week that it is resuming production of Group II-plus base oils at ...

Fuchs Petrolub AG on June 2 announced a two-pronged expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. The globes biggest independent lubricant company bought an 1 ...

First-quarter U.S. lubricant sales volumes increased 1.3 percent compared to thesame period last year, according to the National Petrochemical and Ref ...

The good news for base oil buyers is that ExxonMobils Baytown, Texas, refinery is back to operating normally and scheduled to end supply allocations J ...

Despite an agreement with API to stop selling mislabeled engine oil, unlicensed Star brite brand engine oils are still for sale in Bi-Lo Food Stores i ...

Mexicos state-owned oil company moved recently to end a festering dispute with its partner in a lubricants joint venture, announcing that it has exerc ...

Fuchs Petrolub AG officially declared its order of succession Friday, announcing that executive board member Stefan Fuchs will become board chairman J ...