Market Topics

No GF-4 Until 4-04

July 17, 2002

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

Base Oil Price Report

July 10, 2002

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 ...

Base Oil Price Report

July 3, 2002

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 Price Report

June 26, 2002

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 ...

Seven weeks after its lubricant blending plant was destroyed by fire, Third Coast Packaging has resumed operations and is developing plans to rebuild ...

Choosing trade group management experience over knowledge of its industry, the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association announced Monday that i ...

General Motors representatives confirmed yesterday that American and Japanese car companies have postponed their deadline for the next motor oil upgra ...

Base Oil Price Report

June 19, 2002

During an uneventful week for the U.S. base oil market, buyers and sellers were left to mull a reported delay in the next passenger car motor oil upgr ...

Three standards organizations announced last week that they will cooperate to develop common e-commerce protocols for the petroleum, chemicals and agr ...

Milacron Inc. announced yesterday that it is selling most of what remains of its metalworking tool business to focus on production of plastics process ...

American and Japanese automakers have decided to delay adoption of GF-4, the next passenger car motor oil upgrade, according to the Independent Lubric ...

Base Oil Price Report

June 12, 2002

The U.S. base oil market was quiet this past week, and sources say it may remain so in coming weeks. Base oil prices have been especially active the p ...

Phillips Petroleum Co. has made its stable of motor oils a little less crowded by consolidating the Kendall brands into a single product line. Officia ...

Sinopec, Chinas second-biggest oil company, has integrated its lubricants operations to cope with foreign competition that is expected to stiffen as b ...