Lubricants World articles from December 2000

Lubricants World archives from December 2000

The Year the Lubricants Industry Changed (Again).(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Everywhere we go these days, people are asking, "So what has been the latest on the Chevron and Texaco venture? How is the ExxonMobil deal coming along? Who is going to purchase Sunoco's lubricants business, and wily are they selling?" ...

NEWSLETTER.
December 1, 2000... COMPANY NEWS ACQUISITION WILL AFFECT CHEVRON PHILLIPS, SAYS CEO Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP (Houston) expects some opportunities to be created by the merger between Chevron and Texaco, which was announced on Oct. 15. The new...

ASIA.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... U.S.-CHINA JOINT VENTURE LAUNCHES ADDITIVE COMPANY The Lanzhou Lubrizol Refining Additive Co. Ltd., a new joint venture petroleum additive company, was inaugurated on Nov. 2 in Lanzhou Xinhua. Lanzhou Lubrizol, set at the base of the...

EUROPE.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... BULGARIAN PRISTA TO PRODUCE TEXACO MOTOR OIL Prista Oil (Sofia), Bulgaria's biggest lubricants producer, announced on Oct. 31 it was ready to launch production of new motor oils under Texaco technology next year. Texaco Inc. (White Plains,...

LATIN AMERICA.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... PDVSA PLANS INCREASING INTERNATIONAL ROLE FOR CITGO According to Citgo Petroleum Corp. (Tulsa, OK) Chairman of the Board Carlos Jorda, Citgo will have an increasing role in Petroleos de Venezuela's (PDVSA) future. "In fact," Jorda says,...

What's Down the Road?
December 1, 2000... The experts agree: Next year's journey will travel more of the same hard, long path. As the lubricants industry embarks oil another year, company consolidations, acquisitions, and mergers and a flat market continue to tighten margins. In...

Today's Ethyl: Keeping a Balance Between Performance and Cost.
December 1, 2000... It would be difficult to guess that behind the scenic backdrop of whitewater rapids and tree-covered hills lie numerous lubricant industry innovations on the cusp of their release. Ask any resident in Richmond, VA, about Ethyl Corp., and they...

Diversity Drives Requirements for Continuously Variable Transmissions: Part II.(Editorial)
December 1, 2000... Editor's note: This article continues Lubricants World's look at developmental trends in transmissions and transmission fluids. The first part of this series began in our Additives & Specialties Department, October LW, p. 27. Original...

Locomotives Pull Their Loads by Pushing Oil Performance.
December 1, 2000... Every diesel-powered, 200-ton-plus, $2 million railroad locomotive that rolls across North America is a case for the success of today's oil and additive technology. The significant changes that have taken place in locomotives' operating...

Domestic Wax Supply to Fall as Refiners Shift Technology, Shut Down Plants.(Statistical Data Included)
December 1, 2000... Prepare for a decline in the U.S. domestic wax supply, say those watching the industry. The supply of petroleum-based waxes is expected to diminish as refiners move to produce very high viscosity index base oils, pushed by the changes in engine...

Industrial Market Demands Spur New Formulations, Services.(industrial lubricants)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... The worldwide industrial lubricants market, with demand estimated at just under 11 billion gallons, is subject to many forces. Some of these are inherent in the industrial market itself, including the drive toward faster and hotter machining...

Back to Basics: Using New Tools to Change the Rules.(speech by Daniel Burrus)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Daniel Burrus, a futurist and author of Technotrends, says the information age is not a friend of the independent lubricant manufacturer. The industry is drowned by information, he believes, and independents need to get into the communication...

Packagers Move to Meet Customer Demands for One-Stop Shopping.(intermediate bulk container manufacturers)
December 1, 2000... Mergers and acquisitions have been a huge trend during the past few years. Exxon-Mobil and BP-Castrol-Arco-Amoco are two prime examples, and many more are expected to take place. With these industry changes, packaging demands have increased,...

How a Disintegrator/Dissolver Can Change Efficiency and Reduce Costs.(Mobil Oil francaise)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Mobil Oil France recently installed a Silverson D2500 Disintegrator/Dissolver system to meet the increased demand for lubrication oil products. Not only has the system tripled the output of the site near Le Havre, France, but the increased...

NEW PRODUCTS.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Mixers Produce Uniform Emulsions Three new versions of the Force-Flo Mixer are now available. The mixer blends coolants, synthetics, or mild and corrosive chemicals with water automatically for uniform emulsion at any proportion. The newly...

PEOPLE.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2000... Acme-Hardesty Co. (Blue Bell, PA), a manufacturer of vegetable and animal-fat chemicals used in lubricants, has named Dave Cardy its regional sales manager for Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia, central and western Pennsylvania, and western New...

PRICES.(Paraffinic Base Oil)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)(Illustration)
December 1, 2000... [GRAPH OMITTED] Estimated Paraffinic Base Oil Prices (cents/gallon) NOV 2000 Viscosity Average Low-High Light (90-150) 139 123-147 Medium (195-350) 142 125-151...