U.S. sales of lubricants, greases and process oils fell just short of 2.5 billion gallons in 2005, according to data released last week by the Nationa ...

Award-winning business editor and reporter George Gill joined LNG Publishing Co. last week as editor of Lube Report. Gill replaces Tim Sullivan, who h ...

The U.S. base oil market moved closer to operating on all cylinders two weeks ago, when Citgo completed a maintenance turnaround at its Lake Charles, ...

Friction Control Solutions, or Fricso, announced last week that its nanolayer-based technology to reduce friction between moving metal parts has been ...

Diversified container maker Greif Inc. has announced an agreement to purchase Blagden Packaging Groups steel drum manufacturing and closures divisions ...

Nynas Naphthenics, which is doing booming business in the growing naphthenic oils market, has reshuffled personnel and positions, starting at the top. ...

Last week brought positive financial reports from two lubricant suppliers and a major refiner, as both Quaker Chemical and Milacrons Industrial Fluids ...

NICE, France – Truck manufacturer Volvo has an encouraging forecast for lubricant marketers concerned about the proliferation of heavy-duty engi ...

Contrary to pricing moves in the United States, base oil prices in Western Europe are still rising, and lubricant blenders say theyd like to know why. ...

During last weeks annual General Meeting of the Union of European Independent Lubricant Manufacturers in Nice, France, UEIL President Hugh Dowding ann ...

Noting that it will soon be a decade since the last comparable event, the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association announced at its annual meet ...

Lubricant manufacturers who rely on naphthenic base stocks for critical applications – metalworking fluids, lubricating greases, heavy industria ...

Financial results for the quarter ending Sept. 30 highlighted continued tough times for lube blender Valvoline, while two of the largest lubricant add ...

Japans number one oil company is making a two-pronged debut in the worlds largest lubricant market, with introduction of its Eneos-branded motor oils ...

A fire on Oct. 26 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, destroyed a 11,250-square-foot warehouse building owned by South Dakota-based motor oil distributor Stern O ...

Base oil sellers and buyers report no changes in U.S. posted prices for paraffinic base stocks this week. The cost of crude on the New York Mercantile ...

Worldwide sales of WD-40 and 3-in-One Oil in the quarter and year ending Aug. 31 were $50.2 million and $190.5 million respectively, posting a 1.2 per ...

Ineos has decided to invest in its recently acquired polyalphaolefin business. The companys oligomers unit announced Monday that it will increase annu ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is ready to beef up the menu of biobased lubricants that must receive preference by all federal agencies when makin ...

Owners of a former waste management company are upgrading a dormant used oil rerefinery that would become the only source of rerefined base oil in the ...