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Low-viscosity Engine Oils Gain Footing in North America

LNG Magazine - April 23, 2018

Starburst or none, Toyota is recommending SAE 0W-16 for the 2018 Camry. Will others in the North American market follow ...

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Automotive

October 21, 2015

Steve Swedberg gives us a glimpse into the future of car engines (hint: its turbocharged!).

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Automotive

July 1, 2015

Californias bid to compel longer engine oil drain intervals failed, but it churned up a lot of questions in its wake, fi ...

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Automotive

May 27, 2015

Automotive writer Steve Swedberg cautions that the law of diminishing returns remains in force, including for fuel econo ...

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Ins and Outs of U.S. Base Oils

February 5, 2015

Imports and exports didn't always play a vital role in the U.S. base oil and lubricants markets. But these volumes have ...

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Base Oil Report

January 6, 2015

Gabriela Wheeler watches as U.S. base oil prices flee from the advancing supply overhang.

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Publishers Letter

November 26, 2014

Publishers Letter Is Your Lab Manager Smiling? With this issue, managing editor Lisa Tocci wraps up her three-part rep ...

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Rewards Flow to Lab, R&D Pros

November 26, 2014

That humming noise in your lab may be coming from a manager with plenty to sing about on payday. Part 3 of our exclusive ...

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Keep The Bucks Coming

November 2, 2014

They bring home the money for lubricant companies, so how much do these managers bring home themselves? We asked, in Par ...

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Base Oil Report

November 2, 2014

Gabriela Wheeler traces the crumbling fundamentals in the U.S. base oil market, where few expect to escape the gloom.

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Need To Know

November 2, 2014

Tom Glenn argues that the lubricants industry has moved past maturity and into the ultimate stages of its life cycle.

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What Floats Your Powerboat?

November 2, 2014

U.S. spending on powerboats has come roaring back, and so has consumer demand for outboard engine oils that can deliver ...

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Publishers Letter

October 6, 2014

This month we feature plant managers compensation. In November, well look at sales and marketing, and in December well w ...

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Humming Along Nicely

October 6, 2014

U.S. refinery production of base oils in this year's first half went swimmingly, and export activity was brisk as well. ...

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Ready for Its Close-up

October 6, 2014

It took $1.4 billion and nearly 10 years to make Chevron's new base oil plant a reality. George Gill goes inside the gat ...

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Salary Survey 2014: Plant Managers

October 6, 2014

Our exclusive Lubricants Industry Salary Survey is back! The three-part series starts with the folks who make it all hap ...

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Base Oil Report

August 2, 2014

Gabriela Wheeler finds a fairly snug and dry U.S. base oil market and wonders how swampy things will get this fall.