HOUSTON — Gas-to-liquids base oils may be a long time coming to the lubricants industry. They still have obstacles to overcome, such as large ca ...

With crude oil prices remaining soft, U.S. base oil suppliers said that prices for the main lubricant ingredient could fall again in the near future. ...

Ashland Inc. yesterday announced a management reorganization including the appointment of Valvoline President James J. OBrien to head the parent compa ...

Despite an 86 percent drop in third-quarter profits, Pennzoil-Quaker State officials contended that the companys performance is improving after a rest ...

Ready or not, Group II and above base stocks are becoming a bigger ingredient for the U.S. grease industry. The trend has less to do with the prefere ...

The European Union of Independent Lubricant Companies (UEIL) has filed a complaint against German Volkswagen AG Group, claiming the automaker blocked ...

In a performance that was even more ho-hum than usual, U.S. lubricants consumption was flat in 2000, according to the National Petrochemical and Refin ...

Now that the biggest U.S. base oil producers have lowered their postings, the lubricants industry is watching the direction of crude oil prices, which ...

PALM BEACH, FL — Maneuvering the rough waters of industry consolidation remains a key challenge for the lubricants industry today, says Alex McL ...

CHS Cooperatives may not acquire a Farmland Industries grease plant, after all. When the two farm cooperatives announced early this month that CHS was ...

Ethyl Corp. announced thatcontinuing operationslost money during the third quarter but added that it has finished a downsizing program undertaken earl ...

Principal U.S. base oil suppliers followed ExxonMobils lead over the past week, cutting prices 3 or 5 cents per gallon for most grades and 10 cents pe ...

Trying to get a foot inside food processing plants, Conoco Inc.s finished lubricants division has agreed to serve as marketer of Anderol food-grade lu ...

Laboratory and R&D managers responding to an annual survey of U.S. lubricant industry salaries say they earned an average of $86,032, or 13 percen ...

A spate of recent earnings announcements offer a glimpse of how the U.S. lubricants industry is faring during the current economic downturn. The repor ...

Spurred by deflated crude oil costs, ExxonMobil cut its base oil prices this week, a move that other suppliers appeared likely to follow. According to ...

The former president of 76 Lubricants Co. is reentering the industry with a hybrid broker-cooperative that will supply motor oils and other lubes to t ...

CHS Cooperatives has reached a deal to buy Farmland Industries’ 40 percent share in their three-year-old joint venture, Country Energy. The pur ...

The metalworking fluids sector, which already caters to a wide variety of manufacturing applications, is adding another to its list, thanks to the aut ...

U.S. base oil suppliers appear to be starting to lean toward price cuts as American attacks in Afghanistan and the OPEC cartel fail to revive crude oi ...