George Gill

GEORGE@LUBESNGREASES.COM

Senior Editor, Lube Report - George Gill joined LNG Publishing in 2006 as editor of the weekly Lube Report newsletter. George holds a bachelor’s degree in English, with an emphasis in non-fiction writing, from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He caught the journalism bug there after taking a newswriting class in summer 1986 and working as assistant news editor at the university’s Broadside weekly student newspaper during his 1986-1987 senior year. Prior to joining LNG, George spent the bulk of his journalism career at the Loudoun Times-Mirror weekly newspaper in Leesburg, Virginia, as reporter from 1988 to 1990, and as business editor from 1994 to 2006.

Recent Articles

Fuchs to Acquire Lubcon

Fuchs to Acquire Lubcon

Fuchs Group announced yesterday an agreement to acquire Germany-based Lubcon Group, primarily with the aim of jointly in …

South Korea Base Oil Exports Flat

South Korea Base Oil Exports Flat

South Korea’s base oil export volume was flat in March, although the reported value of the exported base oil declined …

Profits Slip at Martin Midstream

Profits Slip at Martin Midstream

Martin Midstream Partners reported a slight decrease in first quarter operating income on lower sales for its specialty …

AP Oil Posts Lower Profits, Sales in 2023

AP Oil Posts Lower Profits, Sales in 2023

Singaporean lubricants blender AP Oil International Ltd. reported steep declines in net profit and sales revenue for 202 …

U.S. Base Oil Exports, Imports Both Up

U.S. Base Oil Exports, Imports Both Up

The United States’ base oil exports volume jumped 34% in January, while base oil imports rose 10%, according to data r …

Earnings Fall at WD-40

Earnings Fall at WD-40

WD-40 Co. reported a decrease in net income on increased net sales for its maintenance products segments for its second …

Big Growth Seen for Immersion Cooling

Big Growth Seen for Immersion Cooling

Data center density and accompanying energy consumption continue to rapidly grow, highlighting needs for more efficient …

Richful Lube Additives Sales Decline

Richful Lube Additives Sales Decline

Richful Lube Additives reported last week that its lubricant additives sales revenue decreased in 2023, while its overal …

CNOOC to Add Blending Plant in Taizhou

CNOOC to Add Blending Plant in Taizhou

China National Offshore Oil & Gas signed an agreement last month to build a large blending plant in Taizhou, Jiangsu …

Brazil Base Oil Imports Up in February

Brazil Base Oil Imports Up in February

Brazil’s base oil imports and exports both rose by double-digit percentages in February, according to data released la …

Higher Sales Power Moove Earnings

Higher Sales Power Moove Earnings

Moove achieved large increases in profits and combined lubricants and base oil sales volume for both full year 2023 and …

U.S. Naphthenic Output Tanked in January

U.S. Naphthenic Output Tanked in January

Base oil production in the United States decreased 8% in January, while naphthenic base oil output sank 24% to its lowes …

Apar Forms Saudi Arabia Subsidiary

Apar Forms Saudi Arabia Subsidiary

The board of directors of Apar Industries Ltd. approved establishment of a wholly owned subsidiary in Saudi Arabia to pr …

Japan’s Lube Production Declines

Japan’s Lube Production Declines

Japan’s finished lubricant production decreased 5% in February, while domestic lubricant sales surged 28%, according t …

Yip’s Lube Profits Rebounded in 2023

Yip’s Lube Profits Rebounded in 2023

Yip’s Chemicals Holdings Ltd. reported that its lubricants business rebounded with an operating profit in 2023 – aft …

Profits Soar for Terpel

Profits Soar for Terpel

Colombian oil and gas company Terpel reported large increases in gross profit for its lubricants segment both for 2023 a …

Brazil Base Oil Output Jumps Again

Brazil Base Oil Output Jumps Again

Brazil produced 19% more base oil in February than in the same month last year, according to data released last week by …

Germany Ends Down Year on Up Beat

Germany Ends Down Year on Up Beat

Although Germany’s domestic lubricant sales, including process oils, declined 12% in 2023, its 5% increase in December …