Lubricants World articles from October 2003

Lubricants World archives from October 2003

Up on the roof.(Commentary ...)
October 1, 2003... It's more than likely that most of you heard at least once, in the past month or so, that about the fact that Mars and Earth were very close to each other. In fact, the two planets were closer to each other than they had been in the last...

ATIEL--the technical association of the European lubricants industry.(Association Perspective)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... ATIEL is a European Economic Interest Grouping, registered in Belgium. ATIEL is chartered by its membership with representing the common technical interests of lubricant manufacturing and marketing companies in Europe. ATIEL's objectives...

Estimated paraffinic base oil prices *.(Markets & Economics)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Estimated Paraffinic Base Oil Prices * August 2003 Viscosity Average Low-High Light (70-150) 156 149-165 Medium (195-350) 154 149-160 Heavy (500-600) 166 161-172...

Producer price index.(Markets & Economics)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Producer Price Index Note: Data are Preliminary 2003 2003 July 02-July 03 Product (Index Date) June July [DELTA] %[DELTA] Finished lubricants (1982) 169.3 168.6 6.1 3.8 ...

Lithcon base oil report--September 2003.(Markets & Economics)(Illustration)
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Paraffinic base oil prices *.(Markets & Economics)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Paraffinic Base Oil Prices * Viscosity August July June Grade 2003 2003 2003 Conoco Phillips Gulf Coast 70 172 165 165 110 160 155 155 225 ...

Explosion damages Petro-Canada plant.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... An explosion on August 21 shut down one of two production lines for Group II base oils at Petro-Canada's Mississauga, Ontario, Canada plant. The facility, which has capacity to produce 12,500 bpd of Group II and Group III stocks, had been...

ConocoPhillips expands relationship with Mirachem.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
October 1, 2003... ConocoPhillips will offer the MiraClean[R] line of safe biodegradable cleaning products through marketers of all four premier brands, including Conoco, Phillips 66, 76 Lubricants and Kendall Motor Oil. The success of the long-standing...

Emerson receives patent for Lubricant Analyzer.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Emerson Process Management has been awarded a patent that recognizes innovative aspects of its CSI 5200 Trivector Analyzer and 52 PC Particle Counter, both of which are used in the analysis of industrial oils and hydraulic fluids. The newly...

ChevronTexaco recovers rights to Havoline.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... ChevronTexaco Global Lubricants (CTGL) has gained the rights to control the use of the Havoline and Texaco Xpress Lube brands worldwide. CTGL gains the rights to control the Havoline and Texaco Lubricants brands as a result of the August 13...

First European group II base oil producer.(Company/Industry News; Viscolube Italiana S.p.A.)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
October 1, 2003... The first European producer of group II base oils will come on line in September. Italian oil refiner Viscolube SpA has announced that it has completed mechanical work on a hydrofinishing unit that should be operational before the end of the...

Lubrizol upgrades website to better meet customer needs.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Lubrizol has re-launched its website--www.lubrizol.com--to offer visitors more concise product information with a simplified navigation and content structure. The upgraded site now houses product information in one section of the site, making...

Pinnacle Oil to produce FINA-branded lubricants.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
October 1, 2003... Indianapolis-based Pinnacle Oil, Inc., has signed an agreement with LUBRICANTS USA to serve as the upper Midwestern manufacturing location for all FINA-branded lubricants. As part of the agreement, LUBRICANTS USA will use Pinnacle's full...

Kendall oil picks Polaris to perform oil analysis.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Kendall Motor Oil, a division of ConocoPhillips, has selected Polaris Laboratories of Indianapolis to perform its off analysis. ConocoPhillips was looking for a way to conduct oil analysis with more up-to-date resources from a centralized...

Gulf Oil forms joint venture in Bangladesh.(Company/Industry News)(with Oil Bangladesh Ltd.)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
October 1, 2003... India's Gulf Oil Corp. Ltd. has formed a joint venture with Oil Bangladesh Ltd. to blend and market the Gulf brand of lubricants in Bangladesh. Apart from its lubricants, greases, oil filters and coolants portfolio, Gulf Oil Corp deals in...

ConocoPhillips awards business to Technical Chemical.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... ConocoPhillips has awarded its automotive chemicals business for the Phillips 66 and 76 Lubricants brands to Technical Chemical Company (TCC), a Texas-based company. As a leader within the industry, TCC will offer more choices for...

Chemical limits proposal due by December.(Company/Industry News)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... The chemical limits task force of American Society of Testing & Materials "heavy duty engine oil classification panel" (HDEOCP) aims to come up with a consensus PC-10 proposal by November, then recommend lube-oil chemical limits to HDEOCP by...

New gear service facility.(Industrial)(Philadelphia Gear Corp. has completed the upgrade of its Southeast Service Center)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Philadelphia Gear Corp. has completed the upgrade of its Southeast Service Center to include grinding and gear-checking capabilities. The facility, located in Birmingham, Ala., now offers full service and maintenance capabilities for...

Lubricants approved for use in GE Aircraft Engines.(Specialty)(Everlube Products Div.)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Everlube Products, a division of Morgan Advanced Ceramics (MAC) has received acceptance for its Everlube[R] 853 and Perma-Slik[R] RMAC solid film lubricants to be used by GE Aircraft Engines. Everlube 853 is approved to GEAE's Material...

Railroad converts to soy-based grease.(Specialty)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Norfolk Southern railway has converted its entire rail grease use to biodegradable soybean oil-based grease. The grease--developed by the University of Northern Iowa's Ag-based Industrial lubricants (ABIL) Research Program--is an alternative...

Crompton Petroleum Additives introduces new sodium sulfonate.(Additives)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... Crompton Corporation's Petroleum Additives business has introduced Petronate[R] NNH, a new patent-pending high molecular weight (HMW) sodium sulfonate that is a cost-effective corrosion inhibitor for use in soluble and semi-synthetic oils....

Outlook for lubricants for power generation in China.
October 1, 2003... Although many parts of the global economy appear temporarily stalled, the electric power generation sector continues to expand, as fully one-third of the world's population still has no access to reliable electrical energy. And, in the...

Lubricants help extend engine life while doubling oil change interval.(Feature Story)(Pima Country, Arizona, Wastewater Treatment Plant)
October 1, 2003... The Pima Country, Arizona, Wastewater Treatment Plant (Figure 1) handles 40 MM gallons a day of raw sewage from the metropolitan Tucson area using an almost self-sufficient power generation system. The plant uses sewer gas produced by...

On-line training about how to grease a motor bearing.(TECH watch)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... This 90-minute online seminar deals with the best ways to carry out maintenance on motor bearings. The training answers questions such as whether bearing drain-port plugs be left open or closed, should motor bearings be greased when running,...

Software package supports lubricants analysis.(TECH watch)
October 1, 2003... FleetOil Professional for Windows is a software package designed to help maintenance planners responsible for lubricant analysis programs do their job more efficiently Planners benefit by being able to identify major problems quickly using...

Oil analysis storage & interrogation software.(TECH watch)(Brief Article)
October 1, 2003... PdMA'S OASISTM software is a means for trending and tracking your predictive maintenance program. It provides test results directly via e-mail, allowing quick and easy access to the hard data needed to schedule maintenance program and...

A familiar brand, now with one owner.(20 Minutes with ...)(Interview)
October 1, 2003... ChevronTexaco now has sole ownership of the almost century-old Havoline brandname. Craig Duncan, VP of ChevronTexaco Global Lubricants, North America, sat down with Lubricants World to talk about plans for the future. LW: What does...