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 ...

Streicher Mobile Fueling Inc. announced last week that it has agreed to buy H&W Petroleum Co., a large lubricant distributor based in Houston, for ...

Angus Chemical Co. last week announced completion of an expansion at its Sterlington, La., plant to boost its output of several materials, including a ...

Rumors swirled last week about hefty price increases, but industry sources now say that the market has tempered, crude and VGO prices have dipped, and ...

As New Orleans began its long road to recovery from Hurricane Katrina, there were still no timetables yesterday for the return of an important lubrica ...

Experts say that nonconventional base stocks– meaning every kind except traditional solvent-refined mineral oils — account for less than 1 ...

Total has agreed to buy ExxonMobils lubricants and fuels business in 14 African countries for an undisclosed amount, the companies announced Monday. T ...