Amalie’s Lower-Budget China Strategy

Amalie Oil Co. knows it lacks financial resources to imitate the buy-some-market-share strategy that some oil companies ...


New Sulfonates Plant Opens

Offering to relieve tight demand for an important ingredient in metalworking fluids and other lubricants, chemical broke...


Citgo Completes Cit-Con Buyout

Citgo Petroleum Corp. announced Dec. 19 that it has completed its purchase of Conocos 35 percent stake in their Cit-Con ...


Oronite, Lukoil Move Toward J.V.

Chevron Oronite Co. LLC has reached an agreement to supply lubricating oil additives to Russian oil giant OAO Lukoil Oil...


Splitsville for ExxonMobil, Indian Oil

ExxonMobil Corp. has reached an agreement to buy Indian Oil Corp.s 50-percent stake in Indo Mobil Pvt. Ltd. This isthe l...


Kline: More Base Oil Upheaval Likely

Large portions of the worlds base oil market are, according to William R. Downey Jr., ripe for change. And it is a safe ...


ConocoPhillips: A Fit for Lubes?

The newly proposed merger of Phillips Petroleum Co. and Conoco Inc. would combine a broad range of lubricants assets and...


Lubrizol and GE Uncouple

The Lubrizol Corp. and GE Transportation Systems have dissolved a 16-month-old joint venture aimed at developing fluid m...


Top Challenges: Mergers, Environment, R&D

PALM BEACH, FL — Maneuvering the rough waters of industry consolidation remains a key challenge for the lubricants...


CHS Buys Out Country Energy Partner

CHS Cooperatives has reached a deal to buy Farmland Industries’ 40 percent share in their three-year-old joint ven...