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 ...

BP last week announced a new name for its olefins and derivatives business, which it plans to spin off later this year. In preparation for that move, ...

Lubricant sales volumes in the United States leveled off in 2004, slipping a mere 0.5 percent after four consecutive years of significant declines, ac ...

BEIJING – Chinas appetite for high-quality base oils is about to take a giant leap forward, an official at Group III refiner SK Corp. predicted. ...

Profits are picking up in the chemical industry, leading suppliers to plan increased investment in new manufacturing capacity, according to the result ...

The dust had just begun to settle from the most recent round – or was it two? – of U.S. base oil price hikes. Then came an announcement la ...

The latest report on base oil refining capacity in the United States shows changes at a number of plants in the past year and indicates that capacity ...

BEIJING – Chinas two top lubricant companies claim 60 percent of that countrys growing lube market, and theyre gearing up to take even more mark ...

Crompton Corp. on Thursday announced an agreement to sell its Refined Products business – a leading producer of white oils and petrolatums ̵ ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Crude oil prices may be at record highs, but they could very well go higher still – quite a bit higher. That was the messa ...

The U.S. base oil market decided to go for a full-scale price increase, after all, and what a topsy-turvy round of hikes it turned out to be. After li ...

Youre a metalworking fluid expert? Sez who? The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers is ready to offer a reliable gauge for answering tha ...

Base oil production in the United States climbed 2.3 percent in 2004, according to newly released data from the Department of Energys Energy Informati ...

LONDON – Lubricant demand in South America is at last growing and by 2007 the regions need will pass 2.5 million tons per year, from about 2.3 m ...

In a move that creates one of the largest suppliers of chemicals for the lubricants industry, Crompton Corp. and Great Lakes Chemical Corp. announced ...

LubesnGreases MagazinesMarch issue is now available online, free to readers worldwide.Highlights include: Europe’s Waste Oil Options: The EU sa ...