China included lubricants in the list of petroleum products hit with a consumption tax on April 1 and adopted a new tax of 20 to 40 percent on domesti ...

Lyondell Chemical Co. and Citgo Petroleum Corp. agreed last week to sell the Lyondell-Citgo Refining LP partnership that operates a refinery in Housto ...

Feedstock shortages and unplanned refinery shutdowns underlie todays shortage of API Group I base stocks in Europe, and supply is likely to remain tig ...

After nearly two years of planning, the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association is putting the finishing touches on an ambitious program to te ...

For over a decade, Ford Motor Co. has licensed its trademarked Mercon automatic transmission fluid for the service-fill marketplace. Last week, the au ...

Posted prices for paraffinic base oils were unchanged again this week, but observers suggested upward pressure may be developing due to rising costs f ...

Lubrizol Corp. announced Friday that it has reached an agreement to sell its active pharmaceutical ingredient and intermediate compounds business in a ...

A portfolio of patents for solid film lubricants developed by Ford Motor Co. is among the items being offered tomorrow in an event billed as the world ...

Cognis Holding Luxembourg, parent company of Cognis, announced yesterday that it has decided to explore and pursue various strategic options, and has ...

The Council of Better Business Bureaus National Advertising Division recommended last month that Honeywell Consumer Products Group cease advertisement ...

Excel Paralubes resumed operations this week, resolving the last in a series of major disruptions that have bludgeoned the U.S. lubricant industry. Co ...

The Excel Paralubes base oil plant in Westlake, La., remains closed, eight weeks after a fire forced it to shut down. Market sources say the companys ...

D.A. Stuart has appointed Charles E. Santangelo president and chief executive officer, replacing Val A. Pakis, who resigned. Lubrizol Corp. and Ciba S ...

Fourth quarter 2005 lubricant sales volumes in the United States fell 6.5 percent from the same period of 2004, according to the latest data from the ...

Jiffy Lube continues to dwarf the next largest fast-lube chains by nearly a three-to-one ratio, according to the 2006 Tops in the Fast-Lube Industry r ...

Capacity at Sunocos Tulsa, Okla., base oil plant has risen 1,000 barrels per day in the past year, according to a report released by the National Petr ...

At least one heavy-duty engine oil marketer plans to bite the bullet when the next heavy-duty engine oil upgrade, API CJ-4, comes to marketin thefall. ...

A damaged production train at Petro-Canadas Mississauga, Ontario, base oil plant moved close to resuming normal operations last week, according to mar ...

Southeastern distributor Pugh Lubricants said last week that it is building a 40,000-square-foot distribution center in Suffolk, Virginia. The center, ...

Lubrizol Corp. announced Thursday that it has agreed to sell its food ingredients and industrial specialties businesses to an affiliate of private inv ...