With approval of the next generation of heavy-duty engine oils apparently imminent, the first products could hit the market as early as next month. Th ...

Large portions of the worlds base oil market are, according to William R. Downey Jr., ripe for change. And it is a safe bet, he maintains, that petrol ...

Automakers have again requested a revamped engine oil development process — one where they hold all the reins in setting needs, deadlines and li ...

U.S. base oil suppliers and buyers said this week that the market remains robust despite the growing likelihood of impending price cuts. One marketer ...

The Lubrizol Corp. and GE Transportation Systems have dissolved a 16-month-old joint venture aimed at developing fluid monitoring and fluid management ...

Lubricant demand in Western Europe declined slightly in 2000, as a decrease in consumption of automotive products outweighed growth in the industrial ...

The newly proposed merger of Phillips Petroleum Co. and Conoco Inc. would combine a broad range of lubricants assets and operations. But the different ...

U.S. base oil suppliers continued leaning toward price cuts this week, even as the OPEC cartel pushed its campaign to raise crude oil prices. Crude ro ...

Saudi Basic Industries Corp. announced that it has co-developed a linear alpha olefin technology that will be the basis for a 150,000-metric-ton plant ...

HOUSTON — Motor sports arent just for fun, at least not for Lubrizol Corp. An official with the Cleveland, Ohio, additive maker told the Nationa ...

HOUSTON — Gas-to-liquids base oils may be a long time coming to the lubricants industry. They still have obstacles to overcome, such as large ca ...

With crude oil prices remaining soft, U.S. base oil suppliers said that prices for the main lubricant ingredient could fall again in the near future. ...

Ashland Inc. yesterday announced a management reorganization including the appointment of Valvoline President James J. OBrien to head the parent compa ...

Despite an 86 percent drop in third-quarter profits, Pennzoil-Quaker State officials contended that the companys performance is improving after a rest ...

Ready or not, Group II and above base stocks are becoming a bigger ingredient for the U.S. grease industry. The trend has less to do with the prefere ...

The European Union of Independent Lubricant Companies (UEIL) has filed a complaint against German Volkswagen AG Group, claiming the automaker blocked ...

In a performance that was even more ho-hum than usual, U.S. lubricants consumption was flat in 2000, according to the National Petrochemical and Refin ...

Now that the biggest U.S. base oil producers have lowered their postings, the lubricants industry is watching the direction of crude oil prices, which ...

PALM BEACH, FL — Maneuvering the rough waters of industry consolidation remains a key challenge for the lubricants industry today, says Alex McL ...

CHS Cooperatives may not acquire a Farmland Industries grease plant, after all. When the two farm cooperatives announced early this month that CHS was ...