Lubrizol Corp. reported Friday that its profit for the first three months of 2005 increased 29 percent from the same period of 2004, thanks largely to ...

DETROIT – ILSAC/Oil, the committee developing GF-5, the next gasoline engine oil quality upgrade, rejected replacing an engine sequence test wit ...

Several major lubricant manufacturers announced across-the-board price increases the past two weeks, reinforcing the rapid pace at which finished oil ...

Flint Hills Resources raiseditsbase oil posted prices Friday, completing a round ofhikes begun April 7.Calumet Lubricants meanwhile introduced a poste ...

ChevronTexaco Products Co. announced last month the launch of a website designed to offer online training about lubrication and maintenance. The websi ...

Beijing Tongyi Petroleum Chemical Co. became Chinas largest privately owned lubricant supplier largely thanks to aggressive advertising. Now the compa ...

Installation of a new catalyst appears now to have been the secret behind a capacity expansion last year at S-Oil Corp.s giant base oil plant in Onsan ...

DETROIT – Fuel economy in GF-5 is not locked in concrete yet and is still debatable, said Afton Chemicals Dewey Szemenyeiof an Open Forum at SAE ...

The Royal Dutch/Shell Group and leading Chinese automaker Shanghai Automotive Group Co. said Monday that they are moving forward with plans to create ...

As expected, more U.S. base oil producers announced price increases the past week, following the lead of ExxonMobilsApril 7hike. All but one supplier ...

Former 76 Lubricants President Garry D. Rooney is on the move again, this time with plans to start his own lube supply company. Rooney told Lube Repor ...

Honeywell last week announced the sale of its industrial wax operations in Asia and Europe to Dutch wax producer Paramelt BV. The deal does not involv ...

CHICAGO – As heavy-duty engine builders continue to grapple with ways to cut diesel emissions, they are turning some of their attention from the ...

General Motors has unveiled Dexron-VI, a new automatic transmission fluid for 2006 model year cars and trucks equipped with Hydra-Matic transmissions. ...

Price hikescontinued to batter the U.S. base oil marketthis week, with ExxonMobil announcing an across-the-board increase of 10 cents per gallon. Calu ...

BEIJING – According to the China Grease Associations statistics survey, eight Chinese grease producers reported production capacity in excess of ...

Chemical companies continue to raise prices on materials used by the lubricants industry. Troy Corp., Dow Europe GmbH and Dover Chemical Corp. all ann ...

CHICAGO – Pressure is mounting on ASTM to stay on track in developing PC-10, the proposed category for heavy-duty diesel oils that are needed in ...

Another entry will soon be joining the already-crowded quick-lube market. ConocoPhillips last week unveiled Lube Shop, a program designed to serve as ...

Flint Hills Resources raised posted prices on three of its base oils yesterday. The paraffinic market in the United States now has had some form of ma ...