North America

Valvoline and BP Castrol notified U.S. customers of finished lubricant price increases that take effect in March, citing rising costs for raw material ...

Lubricating Specialties Co. recently acquired the Vistone product line and associated business from Infineum USA L.P. The transaction, which closed De ...

Shell notified U.S. customers this week that prices for its finished lubricants will generally increase by up to 5 percent effective Feb. 20. The comp ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — While energy reform in Mexico hasnt had a direct effect on the lubricants market, its indirect impact is proving to be posit ...

Lube Sales: Where the Money Is

November 23, 2016

What do sales and marketing managers at U.S. lubricant companies earn? According to an exclusive survey conducted recently by LubesnGreases magazine, ...

HollyFrontiers acquisition of Suncor Energys Petro-Canada lubricants business for CA $1.1 billion (U.S. $845 million), announced Monday, will diversif ...

HollyFrontier is in advanced talks to acquire Suncor Energys Petro-Canada lubricants division via auction for a little over $1 billion, Reuters report ...

About 75 percent of do-it-for-me customers are aware of the type of motor oil used for their most recent oil change, while 36 percent of such customer ...

Transformer recovery firm G&S Technologies Group acquired 12.45 percent of Hydrodec of North America for $1.7 million – raising its stake t ...

Construction is finished on joint venture Envia Energys gas-to-liquids commercial reference plant in Oklahoma City. The plant will produce diesel, wax ...

A California bill that would have promoted longer engine oil drain intervals and placed further regulations on automotive service providers, including ...

U.S. Base Oil Output Dips

September 28, 2016

U.S. base oil producers eased back in the first six months of 2016. The countrys refiners manufactured 29.1 million barrels from January to June, acco ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration jointly adopted a second round of standards for medium- an ...

Demand for consumer automotive lubricants in the U.S. is expected to decline by a 0.8 percent compound annual growth rate from 2015 to 2020, consultan ...

The average price per quart of motor oil in the U.S. automotive aftermarket industry declined 1 percent in the first six months of 2016, compared to a ...

While the average age of light vehicles in the United States rose 15 percent from 9.9 years in 2007 to 11.4 years in 2014, that trend is expected to s ...

TopSail Energy LP plans to construct a processing facility in Baytown, Texas, to recycle used motor oil into marketable feedstocks, fuels and additive ...

The Toxic Substances Control Act reform legislation signed into law June 22 makes significant changes to the United States rules on registration and r ...

Suncor Energy launched an auction of its Petro-Canada lubricants division, Reuters reported on June 16. Citing unnamed sources, the report said the sa ...

Several major oil companies recently informed U.S. customers of price increases on finished lubricants, with most going into effect around mid-July an ...