The industrial lubricants sector was good to both Lubrizol Corp. and Milacron Inc. during the first quarter of 2003. In Lubrizols case, a 38 percent j ...

Operational problems are hampering base oil production at ExxonMobil’s Baytown, Texas, refinery, putting the squeeze on a Group II-plus market t ...

ExxonMobil Lubricants and Specialties this month launched its entry in the high-mileage passenger car motor oil category with Drive Clean Plus, a prod ...

Shell Oil Products US will cease most U.S. sales of its market-leading Diala electrical transformer oils, continuing to sell only a small portion of D ...

Under a proposal being explored within the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, metalworking fluid managers could earn professional cert ...

Base oil refining capacity in the United States increased slightly in 2002, according to the latest report from the National Petrochemical and Refiner ...

Valvolines second-quarter income increased 5.9 percent from the same period a year ago – to $18 million – thanks mostly to continued growt ...

Shell Oil Products US has nearly wrapped up production at its Deer Park, Texas, base oil plant, although the final barrels may not be sold for nearly ...

ExxonMobil announced last week that it will close its Adelaide Refinery in South Australia, a step that will take Australia from a net surplus to a ne ...

ChevronTexaco Corp. closed down its Gulf Lubricants business this month, two years after launching it as an economy brand. A cost-saving product line ...

Fuchs Petrolub AG yesterday reported record net income of Euro 24.1 million (U.S. $26.4 million) in 2002 – an increase of 173 percent from 2001, ...

Idemitsu Kosan Co.s lubricant portfolio for Japan is chlorine-free after the company removed the element from its cutting fluids last month. The Tokyo ...

A Gateway Additive Co. plant in Detroit was knocked out of operation by a fire April 8. No one was injured in the blaze, which began shortly after 7 p ...

Despite recent drops in crude oil costs, European base oil prices are on the rise – and U.S. suppliers are avoiding downward pricing pressure as ...

PC-10, the diesel oil upgrade due out in June 2005, “has to be finished on time,” ChevronTexaco’s Jim McGeehan told ASTM’s Hea ...

Crompton Corp. announced last week that it will increase production of sodium sulfonates at its Amsterdam, Netherlands, factory to help meet a shortag ...

Would-be used oil reprocessor Probex Corp. has sold its used oil collection business to pay off part of its defaulted debt. The company said the lack ...

BP Chemical reopened its Pasadena, Texas, linear alphaolefin plant last week – just a month after halting production because of rising costs and ...

Additive maker Functional Products Inc. announced last week that it has been purchased by Netmed Inc., a holding company new to the lubricants industr ...

Spring is here, but the lubricant industry has been slow to emerge from its winter hibernation – much to the chagrin of base oil suppliers. Base ...