Phillips 66 and Total Lubricants Announce Increases
Phillips 66 Lubricants announced it will raise finished lubricant prices by up to 5%. The increase is effective March 5, 2018. Phillips attributes the increase to recent increases in raw material costs.
Total Specialties USA advised its customers of a 4 to 8% price increase on TOTAL branded lubricants. This increase is effective February 26th. Total attributes the adjustment to escalation in the costs of base oils, additives, and other raw materials used in the manufacturing of lubricants.
Allegheny Petroleum announced a price increase of $0.25 a gallon for all of its lubricant products ordered on or after February 26th. The price adjustment is attributed to industry wide increases in the cost of raw materials.
As of today, the list of companies JobbersWorld reported on that have announced lubricant price increases in 2018 is shown below:|
Company |
Announced Date |
Effective Date |
Increase |
| CAM2 | 1/12/2018 | 2/5/2018 | 6 to 10% |
| SOPUS Products (Shell Lubricants) | 1/15/2018 | 2/19/2018 | up to 5% |
|
Advanced Lubrication Specialties (ALS) |
1/16/2018 | 2/5/2018 | 6 to 10% |
| Sinclair Lubricants | 1/17/2018 | 3/1/2018 | up to 6% |
| Chemlube | 1/18/2018 | 2/5/2018 | $0.20 to 0.25/gal |
| Nu-Tier Brands | 1/18/2018 | 2/19/2018 | 6 to 8% |
| Martin Lubricants | 1/18/2018 | 2/16/2018 | 4 to 7% |
| Safety-Kleen | 1/18/2018 | 2/19/2018 | 5 to 8% |
| Pinnacle Oil | 1/19/2018 | 2/6/2018 | 6 to 10% |
| Royal Mfg | 1/22/2018 | 2/26/2018 | 5 to 8% |
| ExxonMobil | 1/22/2018 | 2/26/2018 | up to 6% |
| Reliance Fluid Technologies (RFT) | 1/22/2018 | 2/26/2018 | 5 to 9% |
| Chevron | 1/22/2018 | 3/1/2018 | up to 5% |
| Warren Distribution | 1/24/2018 | 2/26/2018 | 6 to 9% |
| Smitty’s Supply | 1/24/2018 | 2/12/2018 | lubricants 6 to 10% Greases 3cpp |
| Phillips 66 | 1/25/2018 | 3/5/2018 | up to 5% |
| Total Specialties USA | 1/26/2018 | 2/26/2018 | 4 to 8% |
| Allegheny Petroleum | 1/26/2018 | 2/26/2018 | $0.25/gal |
