The U.S. Energy Information Agencylast weekreleasedyear-end figures on2003 base oil production, and the biggest surprise is that output of paraffinics ...

LONDON-Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd. projects that the Shell gas-to-liquids plant in Qatar will be onstream in 2009, including base oil outpu ...

The Automotive Oil Change Association has filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission accusing Volkswagen of prescribing its own brand of ...

LONDON-Russian base oil production rose 12 percent in 2003, while domestic consumption fell. Attractive prices in the international base oil market ma ...

Great Lakes Chemical Corp. announced recently that it will raise prices for phosphate esters 7 percent, effective March 1. The increases were attribut ...

Purchasers of Group II base oils say the two newest U.S. suppliers have been welcome additions to the market. The entrance of Flint Hills Resources an ...

After seven weeks in winter hibernation APIs Lubricants Committee came sharply awake with two conference calls to develop specifications for APIs new ...

Tractor-trailer tire retreader Bandag Inc. announced Friday that it has purchased a controlling stake in Speedco Inc., a U.S. chain of quick-lubes for ...

Quaker Chemical Corp. announced yesterday that its net income for 2003 was 3.7 percent higher than in 2002, with sales revenue jumping 24 percent. Mil ...

Cargill Industrial Oils and Lubricants announced last week that it is doubling the capacity of a Chicago factory that manufactures plant-based esters. ...

One turnaround down, two to go for the U.S. base oil market. ChevronTexacos 15,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Richmond, Calif., began starting up yest ...

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association on Monday announced an alliance aimed a ...

Lubrizol Corp. announced last week that its earnings for 2003 were down 23 percent from 2002, mostly due to lower sales volumes and the cost of job cu ...

Myers Container Corp. announced Friday that it has begun building a 100,000-square-foot steel drum factory in City of Industry, Calif. The facility, w ...

Chevron Oronite Co. is in the process of moving its leadership from Houston to San Ramon, Calif., the home of parent company ChevronTexaco. Up to 20 p ...

Movement of U.S. base oil prices continued the past week, as ExxonMobil chopped 7 cents off two of its postings on the East Coast. ExxonMobil has thre ...

One year ago, Shell Oil Products US dropped a bomb on the lubricant industry by announcing plans to close its naphthenic base oil plant in Martinez, C ...

An official at Fuchs Petrolub AG said yesterday that the company expects the government of India to postpone a deadline for it to divest 24 percent of ...

Ethyl Corp. on Monday announced that it had net income of $37.1 million last year, an increase of more than 270 percent over 2002. The improvement was ...

Additive supplier Infineum announced Monday that it will build a technology center to house 200 employees in Milton Hill, U.K. Scheduled to open in Ju ...