Offering to relieve tight demand for an important ingredient in metalworking fluids and other lubricants, chemical broker Kimes Trading International ...

Amalie Oil Co. knows it lacks financial resources to imitate the buy-some-market-share strategy that some oil companies have followed to enter China. ...

The U.S. base oil market is dormant and likely to remain so for several weeks, but suppliers say the calm does not preclude chances for price movement ...

ExxonMobil Corp. has named Moses W. Dunning Americas base stock manager, replacing Erwin R. Erv Burbach, who moved to a new position. Dunning has bee ...

Southwest Research Institute is combining two previously announced initiatives in an attempt to attract companies to study how lubricating oils poison ...

Germanys lubricant market appears poised for a shake-up after Shell and RWE-DEA won partial approval for a German partnership, and Fuchs Petrolub anno ...

With the U.S. base oil market practically closed for the holidays, producers and consumers are turning their attention to 2002. Sources said the marke ...

Citgo Petroleum Corp. announced Dec. 19 that it has completed its purchase of Conocos 35 percent stake in their Cit-Con Oil Corp. joint venture. The c ...

Valero Energy Corp. and Ultramar Diamond Shamrock announced last week that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has approved their merger and that they p ...

In the midst of a 264,000-gallon recall of Aeroshell aviation engine oil, Equilon Lubricants LLC says contaminated fluid poses no risk to air traveler ...

Naphthenics have been the more stable side of the U.S. base oil market in recent months but suppliers said there are signs that price cuts could be lo ...

Chemical giant Bayer AG announced plans to divest three subsidiaries, including rubber and lubricant additives manufacturer Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH. ...

South African lubricant manufacturer Mega Lube CC announced plans to invest 450 million rupees (US$9.4 million) to build a lubricant blending plant in ...

As the deadline to begin work on the next generation of passenger car engine oils presses ever closer, an impatient auto industry says it has approach ...

Life isnt easy for Mexicos biggest lubricants company, not even with a cushy if contested deal giving it exclusive access to the shelves of the nation ...

After a busy autumn, the U.S. base oil market appears to be settling in for hibernation, with suppliers downplaying the likelihood of further price mo ...

After four years of work, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration last month issued a manual recommending ways for employers to protect ...

Chevron Oronite Co. LLC has reached an agreement to supply lubricating oil additives to Russian oil giant OAO Lukoil Oil Co., a deal that marks a step ...

Last Wednesday saw the birth of the latest diesel engine oil specification, API CI-4. Equilons Ralph Cherrillo, chairman of Subcommittee B of ASTMs Co ...

As expected, U.S. base oil suppliers followed ExxonMobils lead during the past week, lowering prices for the second time in two months. Suppliers gene ...