Second quarter financial reports from the lubricants industry continued to roll out the past week. Pennzoil-Quaker State reported that earnings were u ...

Seeing opportunity in the continuing consolidation of the lubes industry, BP Lubricants has announced a campaign to grab a bigger share of the U.S. ma ...

Rising base oil prices in Europe have some suppliers in the United States speculating that markups in their own market may be around the corner. Unusu ...

The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists will hold an October symposium on the health effects of metalworking fluids – a me ...

Stocks may be tanking and corporate losses generally mounting, but financial news from the lubricants industry was refreshingly good this week. Lubriz ...

ChevronTexaco Corp. and Shell Oil Products U.S. are in a tug-of-war over the biggest portion of the Texaco Xpress Lube chain. With both companies aimi ...

As the paraffinic side of the U.S. base oil market wrapped up its third price hike in three months, the naphthenic side began what could be its first ...

Shell Oil Products U.S. last week announced the appointment of a slew of officials to the lubricants business that would be created by its anticipated ...

D-A Lubricant Co. has been sold by British conglomerate Premier Farnell plc to an Indianapolis, Ind., investment group. D-A, also based in Indianapoli ...

Mexicos national oil company and its largest lubricant maker confirmed recently that they are engaged in negotiations that could unlock the latters ho ...

The International Lubricant Standardization and Approval Committee, representing U.S. and Japanese auto makers, is postponing for one year – to ...

Like a teen-ager avoiding yard work, the U.S. base oil market continued this week to drag out a round of price hikes begun nine days ago. ChevronTexac ...

The company that invented the modern grease fitting is back in business for itself. The British conglomerate Invensys plc. has sold Alemite Corp. to s ...

Indias plan to privatize lube blender Tide Water Oil Co. is drawing interest from international and state-owned oil companies. Six firms have submitte ...

Amalie Oil Co. has agreed to become Mitsubishis synthetic motor oil supplier in the Philippines, a deal projected to cover 6.6 million gallons annuall ...

ExxonMobil raised its base oil posted prices Monday, ending a month of no price movements and leading other suppliers to make their own markups. The m ...

Windward Petroleum Inc. is continuing its rapid growth, announcing last week that it has purchased lubricant distributorships based in Oklahoma City, ...

U.S. Oil Co. recently agreed to pay a $100,000 fine to settle a 10-year-old case brought by state regulators over an oil spill at its Kimberly, Wis., ...

The American Trucking Association has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to delay a mandate requiring new diesel engines to pollute less b ...

Base oil traffic from the United States to Mexico has been disrupted in recent weeks by new Mexican rules aimed at keeping specialty oil products from ...