Bright stock production at Sunocos Tulsa, Okla., base oil plant was halted by a March 23 fire, but the company said it expects to resume operations ne ...

Fuchs Petrolub AG announced last week that it had net income of Euro 30.9 million in 2003, an increase of 28 percent over 2002. The Mannheim, Germany, ...

U.S. base oil capacity was 7.8 percent lower at the beginning of 2004 than it was a year earlier, according to the latest statistics from the National ...

A federal appeals court on Monday denied a petition by two unions to force the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to adopt stricter li ...

The U.S. Department of Justice and Crompton Corp. announced Monday that the company has agreed to plead guilty to participating in an international co ...

Hatco Corp. announced last week that it has entered a technical agreement with ApNano Materials Inc. to develop novel lubricants using the worlds firs ...

Ashland Inc. and Marathon Oil Corp. announced Friday that the latter has agreed to buy out the formers 38-percent stake in Marathon Ashland Petroleum, ...

SHANGHAI – Independent lubricant blenders throughout much of Asia will likely be forced out of business in coming years due to inability to obta ...

Ethyl Corp.s board of directors has asked shareholders to approve a holding company structure. Ethyl would become a wholly owned subsidiary of the new ...

Royal Purple is tickled pink now that it has a corner – in the lubes market, at least – on the companys namesake color. Synthetic lubrican ...

Three more base oil suppliers announced price increases during the past week, completing a round of markups that began when ExxonMobil raised its post ...

SHANGHAI – PetroChina and Sinopec are both striving to rake profits out of Chinas rapidly growing automotive lubricant market, but they are empl ...

SHANGHAI – China is 18 months into an unprecedented economic growth spurt, which may last a total of three to five years. Consumer demand will d ...

The parent company of Kluber Lubrication last week announced the purchase of a U.S. release agents manufacturer and said it will fold the business int ...

U.S.-based consultancy Kline and Co. has established a more direct presence in China by acquiring the Shanghai office of Etonwood Pte. Ltd., its affil ...

ExxonMobil announced increases to its U.S. base oil postings Monday, triggering the second round of price hikes in the market in six weeks. Most major ...

Independent lubricant blenders and quick-lube operators are asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require an inter-industry promotional c ...

LONDON-After three years of declining lubricant oil sales, India should see healthy growth in 2004 and 2005, according to Gulf Oil, Indias fifth large ...

A Polish oil refinery is building a new base oil plant that will produce Group II or Group III stocks, beginning late this year or early in 2005. The ...

Lubrizol Corp. announced last week that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer William G. Bares plans to retire from the latter post April 26 and that t ...