HollyFrontier announced the elevation of Sean Lalonde to Director, Global Base Oil and Wax. In his new capacity, Lalonde will be responsible for all base oil sales generated by the company’s HollyFrontier refinery in Tulsa, OK, and its Petro-Canada Lubricants refinery located in Mississaugua, Ontario.

Calumet last Monday announced it expects its consolidated fourth quarter 2017 results will differ from those presented in its earnings release issued on March 8, 2018. While it does not anticipate the previously reported revenues for the quarter will change materially, it does expect a decrease in its previously reported net income and Adjusted EBITDA. Calumet's revised financial statements are expected to be filed by April 2, 2018.

Brazilian conglomerate Cosan SA last Tuesday signed a 20-year contract with ExxonMobil Lubricants Trading Company to exclusively produce, import, distribute, and sell Mobil brand lubricants and specialty products in four South American countries - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

• ExxonMobil Increases Prices by up to 10% on Its Branded and Unbranded Lubricants and Greases Effective April 23, 2018
• Nynas Adds Nynas T600 High Viscosity (600 cSt @ 40C) Naphthenic Oil to Its Base Oil Portfolio
• RelaDyne Acquires T.A. Roberts Oil Company of Columbia, Louisiana
• Susan Dio Appointed Chairman and President of BP America, Inc.
• Statoil to Change Name to Equinor
• Puma Lubricants appoints Charles Du Bois as Global Lubricants Technology Manager
• Petronas Lubricants International (PLI) Inaugurated Its New USD 60 Million Global Research and Technology Centre in Turin, Italy
• Petronas Lubricants International Appoints Gomeju Oil Ethiopia as Its Exclusive Distributor in Ethiopia
• Petro-Canada Lubricants Receives Product Innovation Award From Frost & Sullivan for DURON Product Line