API Sends Out GF-5 Ballot
API's Lubricants Committee voted Thursday to ballot the long-awaited ILSAC GF-5 passenger car engine oil standard. GF-5 now faces its final hurdle, with comments due by Dec. 19.
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Valero: Del. City Won't Ding Paulsboro
Valero’s decision to permanently close its fuels refinery in Delaware City, Del. is not expected to affect base oil operations in nearby Paulsboro, N.J., the company said.
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Power Plant Leaks Lube Oil
Lubricating oil seeped out of a power plant in Cambridge, Mass., early Sunday morning, forming a sheen on the Charles River and leading to a partial shut down of the plant.
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Shell to Shed Distribution Center
Shell plans to close its lubricants distribution center in Laval, Canada, by the end of April 2010 in a move it claims will improve efficiency.
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Millers Snares Falcon Lubricants
Millers Oils recently acquired Falcon Lubricants, including its waste collection and disposal business. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Hot ATF Sparks Recall
Risk of transmission fluid boiling over in heavy use and possibly causing a fire prompted Chrysler to recall more than 160,000 model year 2007 to 2008 Jeep Wranglers equipped with automatic transmissions.
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U.S. Base Oil Price Report
Following last week’s move by Calumet, reducing all its posted prices by 30 cents per gallon, the U.S. base oil market grew quiet as many participants stepped away from the workplace in anticipation of the long Thanksgiving holiday.
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Europe-MidEast-Africa Base Oil Price Report
The EMEA marketplace is seeing price decreases for the first time since the momentous base oil adjustments following the global economic downturn in 2008.
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SSY Base Oil Shipping Report
In a repeat performance of last week, European markets have visibly tightened. The U.S. Gulf is extremely busy into Asia, but other trade lanes from the Gulf are flat. Asian markets meanwhile are performing well, but with no great excitement.
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Publisher's Note: Base Oil Prices, Your Way
Now it’s easier to track base oil prices to meet your own needs. Lube Report’s weekly U.S. posted prices, from January 2004 to the present, are available in Excel and other file formats at www.BaseOilPrices.com.
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