Regulations

Petronas faces new duties of 3.7 percent on base oil exports to the European Union after adjustments to the EUs trade policy caused Malaysia to lose p ...

Consumers in the Indian state of Delhi pay a significant price for a 21 percent value added tax that the government assesses on lubricants. Lubricant ...

Silogram Lubricants of New York filed a complaint last month against more than a dozen former employees and several competitors, contending that the g ...

Russian oil majors Lukoil, Gazprom Neft and Tatneft appealed to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev to slash Russias lubricant export tax to 20 percent of ...

NW Jobber Pettit Bows Out

February 5, 2014

Pettit Oil, a fuels and lubricants distributor in Washington, liquidated its assets and discontinued operations after filing for bankruptcy late last ...

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has effectively imposed a steep tax hike on lubricants by removing them from the list of items subject to its value ...

NAD Blasts Castrol Ad

January 29, 2014

The National Advertising Division urged BP Lubricants USA to rescind a recent commercial that claims BPs Castrol Edge motor oil is superior to ExxonMo ...

Gulf Demerger Goes to Vote

January 28, 2014

An Indian court has scheduled a meeting Thursday for stockholders of Gulf Oil Corp. Ltd. to consider managements proposal to spin off its lubricant bu ...

Sri Lanka Loosens Market

January 14, 2014

The Sri Lankan government has decided to increase the number of companies licensed to supply lubricants. Industry insiders predict it will increase co ...

Newsmakers

January 13, 2014

Azmol Goes out of Business

January 8, 2014

Azmol, one of the former Soviet Unions largest lubricant makers, went bankrupt under a recent commercial court rule, according to Voice of Ukraine, th ...

Polish lube marketer Orlen Oil started the liquidation process of its Czech product distribution subsidiary, the company told Lube Report on Tuesday. ...

The new year marked the implementation in China of higher gasoline quality standards designed to help reduce air pollution. One observer warns that au ...

A North Carolina state agency issued an official ban on the sale of Everclear motor oil after tests found 95 samples failed to meet proper levels of v ...

Shell Wins Claim in Russia

December 11, 2013

The Moscow Arbitration Court for commercial disputes agreed that Vostok-Logistik imported Shell lubricants without authorization into Russia, a Shell ...

BRUSSELS – REACH is accomplishing most of its objectives thus far, according to the European Commission, but changes must be made to reduce the ...

In a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency, Calumet Shreveport Lubricant and Waxes has agreed to pay a $326,000 civil penalty and to spe ...

Michigan Banishes Bullseye

October 9, 2013

Michigan issued stop-use and stop-removal orders on oils from Bullseye Automotive Lubricants of Illinois this week, the states second such mandate in ...

Californias revised laws on the recyclability of plastic containers — enforceable as of January 2013 under the Rigid Plastic Packaging Container ...

HazCom Trained Yet?

October 2, 2013

As OSHAs Dec. 1 deadline for training looms, U.S. employers have just two more months to ensure employees are familiar with the new Globally Harmonize ...