Ashland Inc. and Marathon Oil Corp. have not given up on their plan for the former to divest its stake in their Marathon Ashland Petroleum joint ventu ...

The more Kline and Co. analyzes demand and supply trends for Group II base oils, the less it thinks lube blenders need to worry. The lubricant market ...

The latest round of earnings reports are beginning to march out, confirming what many already know: Lubricant additive demand continued strong, and so ...

Chevron Oronite Co. said it will close a manufacturing plant in Brazil in an effort to streamline its business. In its place the company will set up a ...

The packaging business appears to be looking up, if investments in machinery offer any guidance. A new study by a market research company concludes th ...

Venezuelas national oil company moved in the past few days to soften statements by President Hugo Chavez last week that it had decided to sell refiner ...

LubesnGreases Magazines February issue is now available online, free to readers worldwide. Highlights include U.S. base oil imports and exports; PAOs ...

The U.S. base oil market had good news on the supply and transportation fronts this week. Ergons Vicksburg, Miss., naphthenic plant emerged a week ear ...

PMC Group said last month thatits specialty chemical subsidiary Crystal has bought ExxonMobil’s North American wax emulsion business. PMC offici ...

A subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works announced last week that it has boughtWynn Oil Company from manufacturing giant Parker Hannifin Corp.Wynn manufact ...

Construction of Polands first premium base oil plant has come to a halt – the result of bankruptcy, triggered by the financing needed to pay for ...

Prices for lubricant additives rose sharply over the past year. In that respect, they fit in perfectly with most inputs for lubricant blenders. Base o ...

Barge traffic on a 40-mile stretch of the Ohio River was halted this week, cutting off a conduit of transportation for lubricant blenders and numerous ...

Valvolines operating income fell 10 percent during the quarter ended Dec. 31 compared to the same quarter of 2003, led by a drop in lubricant sales vo ...

Apparently it is too soon to declare a rebound for the U.S. lubricant industry, at least according to the latest sales data from the National Petroche ...

Taiwans Chinese Petroleum Corp. isjoining thegrowing list of Pacific Rim refiners vowing to build capacity for premium base oils. The company said thi ...

The highly competitive, $3.4 billion U.S. lubricant market has a new entry with the potential to upend the sales volume assumptions it has operated un ...

Barge traffic restrictions on the upper reaches of the Ohio River were lifted Monday, to the relief of lubricant blenders who depend upon the river fo ...

Crompton Corp. announced last week that it expects to enter a $97.1 million agreement to settle class action lawsuits filed by three groups of custome ...

If you are itching to unload opinions about unlicensed motor oils, if you have ideas about the fuel economy requirements of the next passenger car mot ...