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Effective May 15, 2017, CITGO will implement a general price increase of up to 4% to 6% on its branded and private label lubricants. CITGO  says the increase is driven primarily by escalations in base oil and additive costs occurring over the past several months.

Valvoline announced an increase of up to 4% on its branded lubricant products. This increase takes effect June 1, 2017. Valvoline attributes this adjustment to increases in the cost of raw materials and higher manufacturing and distribution costs.

The average time from the date the lubricant manufacturers JobbersWorld reported on in Round 2 – 2017 to the effective date of the increases is 20 days. Interestingly, there is a significant difference in the number of days from announcement to effective dates between the majors and other blenders, as illustrated below and shown in Table 1.

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Table 2

PRICE INCREASES REPORTED ON BY JOBBERSWORLD
IN ROUND 2 OF 2017

Lubricant Manufacturers Round 2

Company Announced
Date
Effective
Date
Increase
Amalie 3/17/2017 4/21/2017 24 cpg lubes, 3 cpp grease
Calumet 3/20/2017 4/20/2017 4 to 6%
Castrol (excluding industrial) 3/22/2017 5/1/2017 up to 3%
CAM2 3/23/2017 4/17/2017 20 to 35 cpg
Warren Distribution 3/24/2017 4/24/2017 6 to 9%
Smitty’s Supply 3/24/2017 4/24/2017 4 to 6%
Chemlube 3/27/2017 4/20/2017 4 to 7%
Pinnacle Oil 3/28/2017 4/18/2017 5 to 9%
Reliance Fluid Technologies (RFT) 3/28/2017 4/28/2017 6 to 9%
Old World Industries (PEAK) 3/28/2017 4/21/2017 up to 8%
Allegheny Petroleum 3/28/2017 4/17/2017 20 to 35 cpg
Warren Oil Company 3/28/2017 4/24/2017 4 to 9%
Kleen Performance Products 3/29/2017 4/17/2017 5 to 12%
ExxonMobil 3/31/2017 5/10/2017 up to 4%
Chevron 4/3/2017 5/15/2017 4 to 6%
Advanced Lubrication Specialties (ALS) 4/3/2017 4/24/2017 5 to 9%
Nu-Tier Brands 4/4/2017 4/24/2017 4 to 7%
Phillips 66 4/5/2017 5/10/2017 4 to 6%
Petro-Canada 4/5/2017 5/5/2017 up to 6% (excluding white oils and process oil)
SOPUS/Shell 4/10/2017 5/15/2017 up to 4%
CITGO 4/11/2017 5/15/2017 4 to 6%
Valvoline 4/11/2017 6/1/2017 up to 4%

  


2017 Price Increase Timeline – Lubricant Manufacturers
Round 2
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