The U.S. lubricant industry continued holding its breath this week as four base oil plants remained closed in the wake of Hurricane Rita. The refinery ...

The American Petroleum Institute took steps Monday to ensure that engine oil marketers can continue to license new products, despite the recent Gulf o ...

BANGKOK – Eking out fuel savings wherever it can, Toyota Motor Corp. is urging customers throughout Asia to use engine oils no heavier than 10W- ...

Total was forced to close its refinery and base oil plant in Gonfreville, France, last week because of a strike – the second labor walk-off at t ...

Naveen Gupta received kudos for helping Valvoline grow its sales in India. Now hes being asked to replicate the success in areas such as China, Brazil ...

A few more price increases trickled through the U.S. base oil market the past week, as several suppliers remained preoccupied with disruptions caused ...

The U.S. lubricant industry is on edge this week, awaiting information about four base oil plants knocked offline by Hurricane Rita. Together the plan ...

Shells finished lubricant business in the United States moved quickly this week to squelch rumors that it had declared force majeure. Several industry ...

Lubrizol Corp. said last week that it has sold Lubrizol Performance Systems to Dutch holding company Delft Instruments B.V. for an undisclosed amount. ...

Chemical companies continue to crank prices for materials used in the manufacture of lubricants. Several suppliers announced increases recently, with ...

ExxonMobil has reached a new five-year agreement to supply finished lubricants to Caterpillar Inc., the companies announced last week. A private-label ...

Apparently it takes a hurricane to stop U.S. base oil prices from going up this year. Several paraffinic suppliers joined the latest round of price hi ...

Typical drain intervals with General Motors Oil Life System, the onboard computer algorithm that tells drivers when its time to change their motor oil ...

BANGKOK – PetroChina plans to install a second hydroprocessing unit to upgrade its naphthenic base oil plant in Karamay, China, an official with ...

Everywhere in the world, engine oils are sorted according to SAE J300, the 94-year-old document that governs “Engine Oil Viscosity Classificatio ...

Nippon Oil Corp. broke ground yesterday on its first lubricant blending plant in the United States, a facility scheduled to open next August in Childe ...

ExxonMobil yesterday announced an across-the-board increase of 10 cents per gallon on posted prices for paraffinic base oils in the United States, a m ...

The global marine lubricant market is mired in crisis, according to suppliers who say it is beset by skyrocketing costs and a shortage of chemical add ...

Shell Lubricants Pennzoil or Quaker State motor oils are listed as the house brand by 36 percent of smaller U.S. quick-lube operators, while Valvoline ...

Dow Chemical Co. announced yesterday that its wholly owned subsidiary Union Carbide Corp. is again producing ethanolamines at its Hahnville, La., plan ...