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 ...

Motiva made a big splash in the base oil market this summer when it announced plans for an enormous 13,700-barrel-per-day expansion at its Port Arthur ...

Chemical companies are continuing to raise prices on lubricant additives. Crompton Corp., Ciba Specialty Chemicals and Dow Chemical Co. all announced ...

Fuchs Petrolub AG said yesterday that its second-quarter profit increased 37 percent year-to-year, largely due to improved performance in Europe and m ...

Another week brought more price hikes in the U.S. base oil market. Group III supplier SK Corp. weighed in with markups of 5 cents per gallon, across t ...

Crompton Corp. says it plans to cut approximately 540 jobs as part of a plan to restructure operations. A spokeswoman said the company has not yet det ...

In a move likely to be followed by other marketers, ConocoPhillips Co. announced last week that most of its passenger car motor oil business will soon ...

BP has agreed to merge its automotive lubricant subsidiary in Japan with a domestic importer that has handled some of its lube brands for 26 years. Th ...

Lubricating Specialties Co. announced Monday that Stephen Milam, current president and chief operating officer, together with private equity firm Vint ...