ConocoPhillips stated yesterday that it has begun selling Group III base oils at terminals on the West Coast and in the Eastern United States. The com ...

Five months later than hoped, the West Coast’s newest lubricating grease plant is fully operational. Tomlin Scientific, which has formulated and ...

A year after forming an alliance to make synthetic esters in Brazil, Cargill Industrial Oils and Lubricants and Hatco Corp. have decided to take their ...

Dana Corp. has selected two chemical managers to servicenearly 100manufacturing facilities in the United States and Canada. The automotive component m ...

German drum and intermediate bulk container manufacturer Mauser-Werke announced last week that it will merge with Italys Mamor, one of the worlds larg ...

ExxonMobil announced last week that it has agreed to participate in a public-private partnership that encourages consumers to recycle used motor oil. ...

SK E&P announced last week that it will begin terminalling Group III base oils in Los Angeles, a move welcomed by West Coast lubricant blenders wi ...

The Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association last week accused ExxonMobil of predatory pricing practices in its finished lubes business and sai ...

Departing from the stereotypical pattern of cross-border trade, a Mexican lubricant company has entered a long-term agreement to acquire a U.S. packag ...

Crude oil costs may have slipped in recent weeks, but chemical companies are still passing on price increases for materials used to make greases, hydr ...

BASF AG and Dow Chemical Co. announced last week that they plan to build a world-scale propylene oxide plant in Antwerp, Belgium. Scheduled to open in ...

U.S. base oil suppliers completed another round of price increases the past week, and some observers said it amounted to nothing less than upheaval fo ...

Chinese oil giant Sinopec announced last week that it has finished upgrading its Gaoqiao base oil plant and expects this month to begin making Group I ...

In an effort to address engine problems caused by oil sludge, Volkswagen of America recently extended warranty coverage on two models of turbocharged ...

Paraffinic and naphthenic base oil prices continued rising this week, even as crude oil costs retreated further from record highs. Some buyers specula ...

U.S. motor oil suppliers are expressing relief these days that hefty price hikes for GF-4 oils appear to be taking hold in the market. At the same tim ...

Another Pacific Rim refiner is looking to become a Group III base oil supplier. Malaysias national oil company disclosed last week that it plans to bu ...

Apparently seekingto adapt the quick-lube concept to motorcycles, Castrol India Ltd. this month unveiled the prototype for a chain of service shops fo ...

A new supplier is testing its theory that smaller is better, as it tries to make a go of rerefining used lubricating oil in the United States. Oil Re- ...

Posted prices for base oils in the United States were unchanged this past week as crude oil costs jumped toward $50 per barrel, then fell back to the ...