Former Pennzoil-Quaker State executive Gerald Jackson was named general manager of base oils for Motiva Enterprises LLC, effective June 1. Jackson has 26 years of experience in the industry and was Pennzoil-Quaker States vice president of lubricants and base oil technology when Shell Oil Products US acquired it in October 2002. Since then he has worked on the Pennzoil-Quaker State integration and special projects in Shell Lubricants strategy group. Jackson replaces Brian P. Smith, who earlier th...

Simons Petroleum Inc. announced Thursday that it has purchased Colorado petroleum marketer Trevco. The acquisition completes the first step in Simons year-old strategy to become the largest oil jobber in the United States. Simons did not disclose terms of the deal. Officials with the Oklahoma City-based company said it plans to use Trevco as a vehicle to expand sales in the Rocky Mountain region. Trevco already served as a delivery agent of lubricants, fuels and other products for Simons. We wer...

State-owned giant Oil and Natural Gas Corp., India’s biggest company, has announced its interest in acquiring the 27.2 percent stake that state-owned Andrew Yule and Co. holds in Tide Water Oil Co. India Ltd., a 76 year-old lubricant company holding 4 percent market share. Currently, matters are at a one-on-one discussion stage between the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Ministry of Heavy Industries, controllers of ONGC and Andrew Yule respectively. Due diligence will commenc...

The Royal Dutch/Shell Group this month awarded a single multi-year contract for planning and placement of advertising for three business groups, including its global lubricants unit. The company said it consolidated activities that had been allocated under a number of contracts in hopes of better organizing media campaigns. There was a feeling that we probably had too many people in too many agencies doing different things in different areas, spokeswoman Bianca Ruakere said yesterday. We did thi...

BP, owner of the Castrol brand, and automaker Dong Feng Group last week unveiled an agreement to form a blending and marketing joint venture to supply Chinas growing lubricant market. Officials called the partnership a good combination of Castrols technology and branding power and Dong Fengs access to market. The joint venture will combine Castrols widely recognized advanced technology, management and marketing expertise with Dong Fengs strengths, which include a highly educated workforce, safet...