While car counts continued to decline at U.S. quick lube facilities, down by 1.5 cars per day from 2008 to an average 32.4 cars per day this year, the ...

Chevron will exit the lubricants market in India next month, the company confirmed in a statement provided to Lube Report yesterday. An industry consu ...

South Africas Blue Chip Lubricants has plans to establish a chain of franchise outlets – combination retail stores and distribution centers R ...

Lubrizol on Monday raised its earnings guidance for 2009 to a range of $6.10 to $6.40 per diluted share, which the additives manufacturer said reflect ...

Arkema has raised its prices for oxygenated solvents in Europe, Kraton Polymers will hike prices in the Asia Pacific for polymers used in lubricants, ...

Ergon and Cross announced plans to move naphthenic prices higher by 20 cents per gallon this week, closely following the Nynas increase earlier in the ...

EMEAs base oil market is a rapidly changing scene where prices are starting to move upwards due to supply pressures, with a distinct lack of availabil ...

Only the market in Asia is able to display any strength this week. All other areas are lacking in spot business, and we see freight rates continuing t ...

BRB International announced Monday start-up of manufacturing at its joint venture with SWD Lubricants GmbH – a Duisburg, Germany, plant that wil ...

Global lubricant consumption is expected to experience a 9 percent average annual decline between 2007 and 2009, but should return to 2007 levels by 2 ...

Shell in Malaysia has invested in a wax plant expansion project at its gas-to-liquids plant in Bintulu. Malaysian media reports have estimated the inv ...

Heritage-Crystal Clean has begun exploring entry into the used lubricating oil rerefining business, saying it plans to spend up to $5 million on the i ...

Dow has increased prices for oxygenated solvents, while BASF has raised prices for intermediates used in manufacturing lubricants and Kraton Polymers ...

To solve the world’s thorniest lubrication problems, formulators often turn to the tailor-made chemistries of unconventional base stocks. Known ...

There were no big surprises in the U.S. base oil market this week. Thin participation alongside slow activity is typical following the Labor Day holid ...

Although this is a base oil report for the EMEA region, having dwelt longingly last week on the subject of disparity between crude oil and refined pro ...

It has been a very sedentary market over the past week or two. Europe is flat with a wide selection of ships available in most directions. The U.S. Gu ...

Royal Dutch Shell plc on Monday said it plans to build a lubricant blending plant in northwestern Russia. It would be the first Russian blending plant ...

Some key components of the ILSAC GF-5 passenger car engine oil upgrade have begun falling into place, and commercialization now appears on track to be ...

General Motors’ new global engine oil specification is now trademarked as dexos — yes, it’s spelled with all lower-case letters R ...