KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – New API Group III refineries on both sides of the Malacca Straits are making the Singapore-Malaysia-Indonesia region a ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Global grease production grew by more than 7.5 percent from 2006 to 2007, propelled by gains seen in China, Europe and India ...

Leslie Doggett Jr., a former civilian manager in charge of purchasing various supplies — including industrial lubricants, degreasers and other c ...

Although Marathon said theres no change in status for its Catlettsburg, Ky., base oil plant, sources told Lube Report that company representatives ind ...

Citgo has initiated plans to cease production at its Lake Charles, La., lubricants and waxes refinery during the second and third quarters of this yea ...

More paraffinic and naphthenic base oil suppliers issued price hike notices to their customers this week. ExxonMobil is raising prices 30 to 35 cents ...

Dow Chemical Co. last week announced it is adding production of several water soluble base fluids at the Optimal joint venture manufacturing plant in ...

Repsol on Thursday said it signed a $47 million agreement to sell to Primax 123 service stations in Ecuador, including the companys lubricants and avi ...

Global mineral base oil capacity now tops 949,000 barrels per day, up 1.3 percent from a year ago, according to the 2008 Guide to Global Base Oil Refi ...

Lubrizol Corp last week announced across-the-board price increases, on the heels of similaractions by Dow Chemical, Huntsman and Ciba. Meanwhile, Texa ...

General Motors yesterday joined the California Environmental Protection Agency and its Integrated Waste Management Board in the states 3,000 Mile Myth ...

The Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association on Monday said it is preparing to submit comments to the Federal Trade Commission, renewing its cr ...

It was another action-packed week in terms of price movements in the U.S. base oil arena. A string of refiners including ExxonMobil, Citgo, Sunoco, Ca ...

PetroLiance LLC has acquired new ExxonMobil territory in central Florida, becoming the major oil company’s largestlubricants distributor in the ...

Nordic Mining has acquired a 68 percent stake in Finnish mining company Keliber Oy, for4 million (U.S. $6.18 million) in cash and shares. Claiming to ...

CLEVELAND – ExxonMobil predicts that global energy demand in 2030 will be 30 percent greater than today, and that oil, gas and coal will remain ...

Citing skyrocketing costs for energy, feedstocks, raw materials and transportation, Dow Chemical Co., Huntsman Corp., and Ciba last week each announce ...

Starting July 14, Chevron will transition from its current dual-branded – Chevron and Texaco – commercial and industrial product lines to ...

In the past week, price announcements from U.S. producers and marketers Citgo, ConocoPhillips, Flint Hills Resources, Sunoco, SK and Nynas reached the ...

Bel-Ray Co. has formed a new partnership in Thailand with Chieng Thai Trading Ltd. to distribute Bel-Rays general industrial and No-Tox products in th ...