Transformer oil rerefiner Hydrodec has settled with its insurers on a $20 million claim following the fire damage its Canton, Ohio, rerefinery incurre ...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency referred an enforcement action to the state attorney generals office against Olympic Oil Ltd. for causing ...

Quaker Chemical Corp. reported that one of its employees died as the result of an explosion at General Motors Marion Metal Center in Marion, Ind., on ...

A fire last week at Fiske Brothers Toledo, Ohio, lubricants plant resulted in no injuries but caused approximately $8,000 in damages, according to the ...

Silogram Lubricants of New York filed a complaint last month against more than a dozen former employees and several competitors, contending that the g ...

A fire caused by a ruptured product tank injured one worker at Bango Refinings rerefinery in Fallon, Nev., Monday morning.In a news release issued Mon ...

An explosion and fire destroyed the processing unit of Hydrodecs transformer oil rerefinery in Canton, Ohio, on Sunday afternoon, causing no injuries ...

In a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency, Calumet Shreveport Lubricant and Waxes has agreed to pay a $326,000 civil penalty and to spe ...

Lubrication equipment maker Gits Manufacturing announced last week that it will lay off 78 employees by June 2014 and move its Iowa production to Mexi ...

Chevron USA pleaded no contest to six charges in a criminal complaint by California state and local authorities related to the Aug. 6, 2012, fire at i ...

The U.S. federal court of Charleston, S.C., sentenced former Delfin Group USA president Markos Baghdasarian to three years in prison for exporting lub ...

Delfin Group USA terminated company President John Gordon in late April. The lube blender had fired its previous president, Markos Baghdasarian, in Se ...

Argentinas state-owned YPF halted production at its API Group I plant in La Plata last week after a heavy rainstorm flooded the refinerys interior and ...

French authorities gave Lubrizol the go-ahead last week to resume operations at its Rouen, France, additive plant, following a late January release of ...

A leak at Lubrizols Rouen, France, plant 120 kilometers (75 miles) northwest of Paris sent a cloud of harmless gas smelling of sweat and rotten eggs i ...

Fires at Chevrons Richmond, Calif., refinery and a refinery in Mizushima, Japan, caused disruptions at both plants, although the long-term impact at e ...

Evergreen Oil, Inc. says that requests by a California advocacy group to shutter its Newark, Calif., rerefinery because of a July 6 incident are compl ...

A July 6 incident that caused the evacuation of approximately 70 workers at the Evergreen Oil Inc. rerefinery in Newark, Calif., remains on the radar ...

Shelves loaded with several thousands tons of packaged motor oil collapsed in a St. Petersburg, Russia, warehouse on July 15, causing an oil spill abo ...

A vapor release incident at Dover Chemicals plant in Dover, Ohio, on Monday led to a temporary evacuation of the facility. Caused by a reactor overhea ...