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Base Oil Price Report

August 21, 2002

Concerns about a shortage in the United States of Group II-plus have abated in recent weeks, although demand continues to be strong. Buyers and seller ...

Pioneering Rerefinery Sold

August 21, 2002

A Western Canada waste management company has agreed to acquire the assets of Mohawk Lubricants Ltd., including the worlds first commercial rerefinery ...

First quarter lubricant sales in the United States fell 2.7 percent from the first quarter of 2001, according to the latest Quarterly Index of Lubrica ...

Truckers Fail to Sway EPA

August 21, 2002

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has turned aside a request by the American Trucking Associations to delay a mandate requiring cleaner diesel ...

Base Oil Price Report

August 14, 2002

“When Baytown goes down, it’s an eclipse of the sun,” says one industry observer. “Baytown is the most influential refinery in ...

After a bad experience with GF-3, U.S. quick lube operators are getting more involved in the next passenger car motor oil upgrade. The Automotive Oil ...

Having gained shareholder approval Aug. 1, Pennzoil-Quaker State Co. moved one step closer to being purchased by Shell Oil. That placed CEO Jim Postl ...

World Lube Demand Rebounds

August 14, 2002

2002 may not seem like a great year for the lubricants industry but, for much of the world, its turning out better than 2001. Thats the assessment of ...

Base Oil Price Report

August 7, 2002

Posted prices for paraffinic base oil in the United States were unchanged during a quiet week for the market. Postings of principal U.S. suppliers are ...

Ethyl Corp. said that its second quarter earnings from continuing operations dropped 73 percent, to $1.4 million, or 9 cents per share. Decreased earn ...

Third Coast Industries will not rise from the ashes of a devastating fire, after all. The Friendswood, Texas, lubricant blender, which said six weeks ...

Automakers have been saying for years that they want formulators to cut the phosphorus content of motor oils, to reduce its poisonous effect on cataly ...

Valvoline parent company Ashland Inc. announced Friday that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Paul W. Chellgren is stepping down after violating a ...

Base Oil Price Report

July 31, 2002

The U.S. base oil market may be experiencing a slow summer, but the global market has seen recent shake-ups in traditional trading patterns. Sources d ...

Synthetic lubricant demand in Southeast Asia will increase by 3.5 percent annually through 2008, a new study projects. It adds, however, that major oi ...

Second quarter financial reports from the lubricants industry continued to roll out the past week. Pennzoil-Quaker State reported that earnings were u ...

Seeing opportunity in the continuing consolidation of the lubes industry, BP Lubricants has announced a campaign to grab a bigger share of the U.S. ma ...

Base Oil Price Report

July 24, 2002

Rising base oil prices in Europe have some suppliers in the United States speculating that markups in their own market may be around the corner. Unusu ...

The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists will hold an October symposium on the health effects of metalworking fluids – a me ...

Stocks may be tanking and corporate losses generally mounting, but financial news from the lubricants industry was refreshingly good this week. Lubriz ...