Volume 10 Issue 10
Calumet to Shed Part of Royal Purple
March 5, 2025Base oil refiner Calumet is selling the industrial segment of its lubricant brand Royal Purple to Lubrication Engineers Inc. Calumet is retaining the Royal Purple brand’s consumer product portfolio and the plant in Texas where the famous purple-dyed lubricant is made.
Repsol and Aramco Grab Chunks of Unioil
March 5, 2025Repsol and Saudi Aramco have snagged large chunks of Filipino energy company Unioil, the country's family-owned downstream fuel and lubricants business.
Brazil Base Oils Cooled in January
March 5, 2025Brazil’s base oil market is off to a slower start in 2025 as domestic production and imports both declined significantly in January compared to the same month a year earlier.
Career Moves: Who's Working Where
March 5, 2025Starfire Lubricants has taken on two new team members – Brian Hayes and Pat McLaughlin. Brian has 20 years under his belt in territory development and management, from SMEs to Fortune 500 companies. Brian switched to Starfire from IPAC, where he was North American regional sales and marketing manager for 11 years. Meanwhile, Pat is heading up the company’s push to expand its presence in the retail market. He’s spent 39 in the automotive aftermarket industry, spanning automotive, agricultu...
Briefly Noted
March 5, 2025Group II+ base oil rerefiner Blue Tide announced the upsizing of its revolving credit facility. Base oil production is underway at the plant in Baytown and the additional funding will provide working capital and growth throughout the country.
Chevron Oronite completed a new warehouse at the company’s Gonfreville l’Orcher plant, France. This automated warehouse will store drums and intermediate bulk containers.
Shell Lubricants introduced its newly upgraded full-synthetic motorcycle and scooter oil, Shell Advance Ultra with API SP, at the 2025 MotoGP in Thailand.