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WD-40 Holds the Line

April 10, 2013

WD-40 reported $10.5 million in net income for the quarter ending Feb. 28, down 1 percent from the year-ago period, with net sales up 1 percent at $86 ...

PQIA: Dont Buy Bullet

April 3, 2013

The Petroleum Quality Institute of America warned consumers last week not to buy Bullet brand motor oil based on its potential to damage engines, lead ...

BP to Raise Lube Prices

April 3, 2013

BP Lubricants USA last week informed U.S. customers that prices for Castrol finished lubricants will generally increase by up to 4 percent effective M ...

Oil changes drive traffic through U.S. service bays and offer the best opportunity to cross-sell other services, according to market research company ...

A small business owner in Texas sued Smittys Supply and its distributor Atwood Distributing, alleging they sold defective, inadequately tested tractor ...

Shell Lubricants notified U.S. customers earlier this month that prices for Shell brand finished lubricants will generally increase by up to 4 percent ...

Los Angeles-based industrial lubricant maker Chem Arrow is expanding its presence in Mexico, where the manufacturing sector is experiencing a resurgen ...

Although U.S. base oil refiners opened 2012 on an upward surge, their monthly output started to wobble in the summer and then proceeded to lose moment ...

The number of U.S. fast lubes reached 17,063, up 1,058 stores from a year ago, according to National Oil & Lube News 2013 Tops in the Industry Ra ...

The Federal Trade Commission has closed its investigation into Lubrizols acquisition of Rockton, Ill.-based grease manufacturer Chemtool, clearing the ...

SAE Cancels Two Mil Specs

March 13, 2013

In separate notifications last month, SAE International cancelled two longtime military heavy-duty engine oil specifications, J2359 and J2361. The for ...

German chemical distributor Brenntag agreed yesterday to acquire U.S. lubricant distributor Lubrication Services LLC for $42 million. The transaction ...

Arizona Chemical broke ground on a $10 million, 27,000 square foot science and technology center in Georgia that will be the new home for its U.S. res ...

Quaker Income, Sales Up

March 13, 2013

Lubricant supplier Quaker Chemical reported increases in net income for 2012’s fourth quarter and the full year, compared to results for the yea ...

Engineered Custom Lubricants, which makes specialty lubricating greases for OEM applications, has moved into two buildings in Illinois and plans to ex ...

Chemical Prices Rise

March 6, 2013

Albemarle will lift prices on antioxidants used in lubricants, and Oxea increased prices for several solvents as well as a chemical intermediate used ...

Pascagoula on Target for 4Q

February 27, 2013

Chevrons $1.4 billion, 25,000 barrels per day API Group II base oil plant project in Pascagoula, Miss., is on budget, and on track for startup in the ...

Shell Ponders More LAO

February 27, 2013

Shell Chemical LP may expand its Geismar, La., petrochemical facility by adding an additional linear alpha olefin unit to meet growing global demand f ...

Calumet Posts Strong 4Q, 2012

February 20, 2013

Calumet Specialty Products Partners fourth quarter 2012 net income was up compared to the year earlier quarter, and its full year 2012 net income was ...

Brown Evans Distributing and Union Distributing merged to form Senergy Petroleum, which will distribute lubricants in Arizona and the U.S. Southwest. ...