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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. – Earlier this month, at the conclusion of ASTMs Subcommittee B on Automotive Lubricants meeting here, Caterpillar Inc.s Abdul Cass ...

Petro-Canada announced last week that it will debottleneck its base oil plant in Mississauga, Ontario, next year. The company did not reveal details o ...

General Motors 2005 model year vehicles equipped with Engine Oil Life Systems averaged 8,500 miles between oil changes, compared to the 5,000 mile dra ...

ITW Rocol North America added to its stable of machining lubricants this month when parent company Illinois Tool Works purchased Metal Mates Inc., a m ...

Canadian lubricant blender Commonwealth Oil Co. announced this month its plan to sell its electrical discharge machining fluid business, the biggest p ...

Investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. won European Union approval yesterday for its billion-dollar acquisition of FL Selenia SpA, which cl ...