Lubes'n'Greases Magazine
- Gabriela Wheeler looks hard for good news in the base oil market.
- Slicker Recycling’s Mark Olpin makes a case for stepping up used oil rerefining in the United Kingdom.
- Silicone base stocks are attracting new attention for greases, partly because of developments in thickener technology and the press for PFAS-free products.
- The decision to close its Petro-Canada base oil plant will turn H.F. Sinclair’s lubricants and specialties business from a manufacturer to distributor of Group II and III base stocks.
- Strategic decisions about how and where to supply finished products can greatly affect a company’s success.
- The global supply crisis has put base oil distributors in difficult positions.
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Features
REREFINED BASE OIL / EUROPE
The Black Sheep Comes Home: Rerefined Base Oils Is the Next Strategic Bet
Slicker Recycling’s Mark Olpin makes a case for stepping up used oil rerefining in the United Kingdom.
GREASE / GLOBAL
Reassessing Silicone Lubricants: New Opportunities for Modern Greases
Silicone base stocks are attracting new attention for greases, partly because of developments in thickener technology and the press for PFAS-free products.
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS / NORTH AMERICA
Sinclair Replaces Petro-Canada with SK Enmove, Chevron
The decision to close its Petro-Canada base oil plant will turn H.F. Sinclair’s lubricants and specialties business from a manufacturer to distributor of Group II and III base stocks.
DISTRIBUTING / GLOBAL
Why Routes to Market Matter
Strategic decisions about how and where to supply finished products can greatly affect a company’s success.
Departments
BASE STOCKS / NORTH AMERICA
September Base Oil Report
What’s Your Good News?
Gabriela Wheeler looks hard for good news in the base oil market.
DISTRIBUTORS / GLOBAL
Gleanings from the Industry
Crisis Puts Distributors Between Rock, Hard Place
The global supply crisis has put base oil distributors in difficult positions.