Whelan Refining Ltd. said it plans to reopen a refurbished base oil rerefinery in May 2007 in northwest England. The Whelan rerefinerywill process an ...

LONDON — Chevron announced last week that it will begin supplying Europe with all viscosity grades of API Group II base oil from its plant in Ri ...

Base oil prices fell following ExxonMobils posted price cuts of 5 to 10 cents per gallon last Friday, with Valero, Citgo, Sunoco and Calumet announcin ...

Metalworking fluid supplier Houghton plc in the United Kingdom has found that a briquetting press can recycle metalworking fluids, saving money on flu ...

Financial results for the quarter ending Dec. 31 reflected a strong fourth quarter and 2006 for Lubrizols Lubricant Additives segment, though net inco ...

Process oils could be the key to growth for Universal Oil Inc., an industrial lubricants and petroleum products supplier recently sold by its longtime ...

Lubrizol Corp. on Feb. 7 agreed to purchase a broad line of metalworking additives from Gibsonia, Pa.-based Lockhart Chemical Co., a longtime competit ...

Motiva plans to begin a turnaround later this month for a 15,000 barrels per day Group II lube train at its Port Arthur, Texas, plant. A company offic ...

Polartech,a supplier of metalworking fluid technology and expertise to the lubricant industry, has announced an extension of its relationship with Ita ...

Colfax Corp., a manufacturer of fluid-handling products, has acquired Houston-based Lubrication Systems Co., which provides centralized oil mist lubri ...

Haas TCM of West Chester, Pa., has acquired Kemfast Aerospace, a Hampshire, U.K.-based supplier of chemical management services and aerospace chemical ...

Petroleum additive supplier Afton Chemical Corp. reported a strong fourth quarter and year, helping fuel improved earnings for its parent company. Aft ...

Chevron is in the midst of a six-week turnaround at its Richmond, Calif. refinery, which has capacity to make 15,000 barrels per day of Group II and G ...

Woodlands, Texas-based chemical manufacturer Huntsman Corp. said its first Asia Pacific polyetheramines site, which broke ground in Juron Island, Sing ...

The government of Sri Lanka on Thursday announced it had licensed six more firms to market lubricants locally, as part of its continued efforts to ope ...

Financial results for the quarter ending Dec. 31 saw lubricant blender Valvoline on the rebound, and a strong fourth quarter and full year for the lub ...

A major acquisition in China last year helped Shell Oil Co. get its groove back and leap back to the top as leading global marketer of automotive and ...

South Korean base oil refiner SK Corp. last week announced a strategic alliance with Nippon Oil Corp., Japans largest oil company, saying potential be ...

The company had said it would shut down only a portion of the facility, and that base oil production would continue during the event. The turnaround i ...

SKF USA – a leading supplier in the rolling bearing, seals and lubrication systems areas, among others – has acquired Preventive Maintenan ...