The first price increase of 2006 will apparently take place on the naphthenic side of the U.S. base oil market. Nynas USA Inc. said yesterday that it ...

Ultra Additives and a Texas-based fuels and lubes marketer announced the appointment of new distributors last week. Ultra, a Bloomfield, New Jersey-ba ...

Chevron Oronite Co. announced last week that it has named Andy Tugendhat vice president of sales. The additive company described Tugendhat as a key fi ...

U.S. lubricant sales volumes in the third quarter of 2005 fell 3.4 percent compared to the same period of 2004, according to the latest data from the ...

Valero Energy Corp.s Paulsboro, N.J., base oil plant is in line to join the list of Group I producers that have closed in recent years. Officials say ...

The U.S. Energy Information Administration posted data recently tallying the damage that Hurricane Rita did to the nations base oil industry: Paraffin ...

A Springfield, Tenn., oil jobber announced last month that it has purchased a lubricant distribution center outside of Nashville from Shell Oil Co. Ho ...

The long-awaited return of ExxonMobils Beaumont, Texas, base oil plant suffered another setback last week when the company was apparently unable to co ...

Petro-Canadas base oil plant in Mississauga, Ontario, is operating at half capacity after a weekend fire knocked out one of two production trains, the ...

In a sign that North Americas lubricants industry is recovering from supply chain disruptions that buffeted it last year, major oil companies that imp ...

ATIEL, the organization that establishes quality standards for automotive lubricants in Europe, amended its rules for motor oil formulations last mont ...

Proprietary specifications – on top of industrywide standards – are becoming a way of life for heavy-duty engine oil marketers. While vowi ...

It may be a new year but it still looks like 2005 to those paying bills for chemicals used in the manufacture of lubricants. Prices continue to rise a ...

Lubrizol Corp. on Thursday said it has sold its Engine Control Systems business to a Cleveland investment firm for an undisclosed amount. It is the sp ...

After being closed for more than three months in the wake of Hurricane Rita, ExxonMobils Beaumont, Texas, base oil plant was to begin the process of r ...

NORFOLK, Va. – PC-10, the new diesel engine oil category under intensive technical discussion (and now officially designated as CJ-4 by the Amer ...

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. has agreed to buy lubricants businesses and other downstream assets in Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay from Royal Dutch Shell ...

RAG Aktiengesellschaft, the majority shareholder in Degussa AG, announced last week a plan to achieve full ownership of the specialty chemical supplie ...

Lubrizol Corp. said last week that it appointed Dan Sheets vice president of sales for its lubricant additive business, replacing Jeff Cash, who moved ...

Imperial Oil Ltd. confirmed recently that production of Group II base oils may decrease next year due to operational changes at its refinery in Sarnia ...