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Mixed Results for WD-40

January 12, 2022

WD-40 Co. reported net income of $18.6 million for the quarter ending Nov. 30, a 21% decrease from $23.6 million in the same period in 2020. The compa ...

Employees at ExxonMobil’s Beaumont, Texas, refining complex and lubricant manufacturing plant completed an election last week on a request to decert ...

The United States produced 5.2 million barrels of base oil in October, a 4% increase from the same month in 2020 and just shy of the October 2019 tota ...

Swedish company VBG Group acquired all shares of U.S.-based Carlyle Johnson Machine Co. for $16.5 million. Carlyle Johnson designs and manufactures co ...

Baytown Scaled Back After Fire

December 29, 2021

ExxonMobil’s Baytown, Texas, refinery – site of the second-largest base oil plant in the United States – is operating at reduced rates following ...

Nye Lubricates Space Telescope

December 22, 2021

The James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch Dec. 24 on a NASA mission from French Guiana, will rely on a proprietary oil provided by Nye Lubri ...

President Joseph Biden’s administration announced a series of fuel economy standards this week, a move viewed as further spurring the nation’s shi ...

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. announced yesterday the completion of its $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern, one of the largest transporte ...

ExxonMobil’s entry into the linear alpha olefin market has been delayed as a large expansion of the company’s Baytown, Texas, petrochemical comple ...

The United States produced 5.5 million barrels of base oil in September, topping the same month in 2020 by 23% and nearly matching the October 2019 to ...

Vertex Energy Inc. reported higher gross profit and increased revenues for the quarter ended Sept. 30 for its used motor oil collection and processing ...

The American Petroleum Institute last week published an updated version of API 1525A, a document setting guidelines for managing the chain of custody ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. reported much improved earnings for the quarter ending Sept. 30, showing signs of emerging from COVID-19 pand ...

The United States produced 5.5 million barrels of base oil in August, according to the latest data from the federal Energy Information Agency, 19% bet ...

Biden Restates EV Commitment

October 27, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden has become a vocal advocate for electric vehicles this year, taking various opportunities to talk about the technology’s ad ...

Semiconductor microchip shortages and supply chain disruptions continue to impact light vehicle production, inventory and sales globally and in the Un ...

On-road freight transportation in the United States is in the midst of a crisis as the COVID-19 pandemic and other disruptions have compounded a drive ...

WD-40 reported net income of $8.4 million for its fourth fiscal quarter, ending Aug. 31, down 57% compared to its previous fourth quarter. For its ful ...

Vertex Energy shareholders voted in favor of its proposed sale of used motor oil collection and recycling assets – including two rerefineries – to ...

Base oil output in the United States retreated in July, dipping slightly below the level produced in June and falling below amounts produced before th ...