Bob Olree of General Motors, who chaired the ILSAC/Oil Committee that shepherded the GF-4 passenger car engine oil specification to approval, is signa ...

The National Conference on Weights and Measures voted last week to add lubricants to the list of materials covered by its Handbook 130. The handbook, ...

Total worldwide grease production reached nearly 1.7 billion pounds (764 million kilograms) in 2003, the highest total ever reported in NLGIs annual s ...

After easing last month, crude oil prices have climbed back close to record high marks. Industry analysts say the blame lies with robust demand that i ...

Operational problems at several ethanolamine plants have been resolved, bringing an end to allocations that have beset buyers. Nevertheless, sources s ...

Malaysias national petroleum company last month joined the flock of companies hitching themselves to Chinas economic engine. Petronas formed a subsidi ...

Costs for lubricant additives continue to rise as several more chemical suppliers announced markups last week. All based their actions on higher costs ...

San Joaquin Refining Co. has been forced to halt deliveries of some naphthenic base stocks during a maintenance turnaround, contrary to the refiners p ...

Motiva Enterprises announced last week an expansion that will increase capacity at its Port Arthur, Texas, Group II base oil plant by 13,700 barrels p ...

Lubrizol Corp. disclosed last week that it will cut 95 jobs following last months acquisition of Noveon International. Some of the cuts are being made ...

Contrary to upbeat comments from industry observers, U.S. lubricant demand did not rebound early this year, according to the latest sales data from th ...

Colonial Chemical Inc. last week announced a 10,000-square-foot expansion to its specialty chemical plant in South Pittsburg, Tenn. The company said t ...

SK Corp. last week produced the first barrels from its new Group III base oil refinery in Ulsan, South Korea. Representatives said the company will ra ...

An association of businesses and regulators is scheduled to vote next month on a proposal aimed at curbing unfair trade practices in the lubricants in ...

The University of Florida and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to develop a new ...

Crompton Corp. said yesterday that it has resumed production of polyalphaolefins at its Elmira, Ontario, plant, which was damaged during a June 11 fir ...

A newly formed Florida company announced that it has acquired four drum reconditioning businesses to become the second-largest industrial container se ...

Motiva still has no company for the price cuts it announced June 18. No other Group II supplier followed the companys lead, and some said it is possib ...

MUMBAI, India — This month, India’s new Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance government promised a white paper on disinvestment. ...

Bearing and seal manufacturer SKF Group announced last month that it has agreed to acquire Germanys Willy Vogel AG, a supplier of lubrication systems. ...