Chemtura Corp. on Thursday announced that effective immediately or as contracts allow, it will increase prices for all Chemtura fatty acid-based produ ...

French lubricant producer Condat announced last week that it has purchased Henkels wire drawing lubricants business for an undisclosed amount. Condat ...

Further rounding out the latest cycle of paraffinic base oil pricing moves, three more producers announced increases within the past week. Citgo moved ...

Nippon Oil USA has chosen Chrysan Industries of Plymouth, Mich., to serve as master distributor for the Eneos brand of fully synthetic motor oils for ...

Huntsman Corp. on Thursday left its original suitor at the altar, canceling a June 26 merger agreement with polyolefins maker Basell in favor of a $10 ...

Rebounding from its failed bid for Huntsman, polyolefin producer Basell has moved on to an agreement to acquire Lyondell Chemical Co. for $12.1 billio ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – With 40 percent of Asias lubricant demand, and its lubricants industry growing 7 percent a year, China is on everybodys ...

BASF JCIC Neopentylglycol Co. Ltd., a 60/40 joint venture company of BASF and Jilin Chemical Industrial Co. Ltd. based in northeast China, is increasi ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Japans 2.5 million kiloliter lubricant market is mature and stable today, while the nations base oil exports, particula ...

Coming on the heels of recent price increases on Group II stocks, the latest round of price moves picked up momentum with ExxonMobil, Valero, Calumet ...

Just as polyolefin producer Basell and chemical manufacturer Huntsman Corp. seemed destined for marriage, thermoset resins producer Hexion Specialty C ...

Whelan Refining Ltd. took key steps towards reopening a refurbished base oil refinery in northwest England expected to process about 50,000 metric ton ...

Third Coast Chemicals Inc. has purchased Lyondell Chemical Co.s brake fluid business for an undisclosed amount. The agreement between Equistar Chemica ...

Petrobras recently completed the sale of all the shares of its Petrobras Bolivia Refinacin S.A. subsidiary for $112 million – including a 540 b/ ...

Ashland Inc. and Cargill, as part of the joint venture the companies are forming to produce biobased chemicals, on Monday announced they have licensed ...

WD-40 Co. on Monday said its net sales for the third quarter, ended May 31, totaled $77.6 million, up 6.2 percent over 2006s third quarter, while net ...

Citing some tightening in mid-viscosity and heavier grades, Motiva announced this week an upward move on base stocks. Effective July 12, its 70N and 1 ...

Demand for highly refined base stocks is on the rise, and a variety of expansions and new plants – coming onstream this year and next – sh ...

Israel Chemicals Ltd. last week announced plans to acquire Supresta LLC for $352 million in cash, uniting two companies whose chemical specialties inc ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Benchmark crudes price has climbed 230 percent since the end of 2001, and Asia has both been a cause andfelt the effect ...