Navistar reportedly has been in talks to move its international headquarters to a campus in Lisle, IL from its current headquarters in Warrenville, IL. The truck and equipment OEM is working with officials in Lisle to renovate seven buildings as well as construct a 380,000-square-foot technology center at the 87.9-acre campus.

There have been rumors for quite some time that oil producing countries have been considering replacing the weak US dollar as the prime currency on world oil markets, now even more. During the previous US administration of George W Bush, Gulf states had repeatedly assured of the continued use of the dollar as the lead currency on oil markets.

The SAE Powertrains, Fuel and Lubricants Meeting will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Antonio, TX during November 2-4, 2009. In conjunction with this meeting, SAE will be holding an Open Forum "Testing Oils for Engine Endurance" from 2-5 pm on November 3, 2009.

Bahrain's Oil & Gas Holding Company, owned by the National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) last week signed a $120 million agreement with Ahli United Bank to finance its 27.5 percent stake in the new $430 million Lube Base Oil manufacturing plant in Bahrain, which at 400,000 metric tons per year (7,700 barrels per day), will be one of the largest in the Middle East.

Technologies developed by the University of Northern Iowa's National Ag-Based Lubricants (NABL) Center are being championed by lubricant companies and entering the consumer market. Two companies have begun to push the lubricant technology created by UNI's NABL Center: Plews/Edelmann and Environmental Lubricants Manufacturing, Inc., (ELM), both marketing biobased consumer lubricants.

• Qatar Airways Makes World’s First GTL Powered Commercial Passenger Flight From London Gatwick to Doha 
• Gulf Oil Marine Joins Hands With Delek Lubricants
• Quaker Chemical Completing Expansion in Middletown
• Shell Named Official Fuel for Car and Driver, Road & Track and Cycle World
• BASF: Sales and Earnings Better Than Expected 
• Oil Libya Limited Expanding Its Operations in Ethiopia; Announces It Has Imported Into Ethiopia 16,720 Metric Tons (5 Million Gallons) of Deomax and Accel Lubricants for Vehicle and Industrial Use
• Singapore-Based United Oil Co. Pte. Ltd. Now Marketing Its Lubes in Bangladesh 
• Ford Recalls 4.5 Million Vehicles Over Fire Hazard in Faulty Cruise Control Deactivation Switch
• MSHA Bulletin Addresses Underground Use of Biodiesel Fuels as an Effective Control Method for Reducing Miners’ Exposures to Diesel Particulate Matter
• Permatex Offers 100th Anniversary Edition Aftermarket Catalogue