BASF recently announced price increases of up to 80 (U.S. $113) per metric ton for ethanolamines, intermediates used in lubricant manufacturing. The L ...

Status quo market conditions prevailed in the U.S. base oil market this week, sources said. The pricing front saw no immediate or drastic changes, and ...

A fire at the Amalie Oil Co. bulk oil storage facility in Tampa, Fla., last Wednesday caused no serious injuries but nearly $2 million in damages. At ...

Industrial Enterprises of America, parent of Pitt Penn Oil and Hi-Tach Oil, on Thursday said it is slashing its workforce, writing down obsolete inven ...

With an emotional Congressional hearing scheduled for this morning, featuring family members of miners killed in Augusts Crandall Canyon, Utah, mine c ...

The U.S. Department of Labors Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations for fines totaling $122,400 to Calumet Shreveport Lub ...

BASF on Monday outlined plans to expand its plant for low molecular weight, highly reactive polyisobutene, marketed under the Glissopal brand, at its ...

Neste Oil has appointed new executive vice presidents to three divisions as part of a round of internal job rotations, effective Oct. 16, and created ...

Safety-Kleen Systems Inc. and Quaker Chemical Corp. have joined forces to offer companies in the metalworking industry – including smaller manuf ...

Dow Europes line of specialty surfactants will now be marketed and distributed to its European customers by Rotterdam, Netherlands-based chemical dist ...

The U.S. base oils market is relatively quiet heading into the first full week of October. Overall demand is viewed as being somewhat questionable, wi ...

Malaysias Petronas has signed an agreement to acquire Italian automotive lubricant manufacturer and marketer FL Selenia for 1 billion (U.S. $1.4 billi ...

Excessive application of silicone grease has led Honda Motor Co. to issue a recall for 19,904 model year 2006 Civics, according to Hondas recall filin ...

Calling it the start of a major expansion, Michael S. Renkert, president of Renkert Oil LLC, announced that Gerald Jackson is joining the base oil tra ...

Bericap, an international producer of specialized plastic closures, has announced plans to build a new plant in Cherokee County, S.C., that will suppo ...

BALTIMORE – When Hurricane Humberto briefly stopped Chevrons production at Port Arthur, Texas,after its Sept. 13 landfall, the company was able ...

Pilot Chemical, Dow and Oxea recently announced price increases for corrosion inhibitors and emulsifiers, oxygenated solvents and solvents, respective ...

Flodraulic Group – a national distributor of hydraulic, pneumatic and lubrication components – Sept. 19 announced it would relocate from I ...

Germanys Lanxess AG will organize its current 13 business units into three segments next month. Lanxess supplies Preventol-branded biocides and preser ...

Motiva Enterprises said that it will expand its Port Arthur refinery in Texas, increasing crude capacity from 325,000 barrels per day to 600,000 b/d. ...