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April 17, 2018

Valvoline announced a price increase of up to 10% on its branded lubricants effective May 1, 2018. Valvoline attributes the increase to the rising raw material costs associated with manufacturing and distribution.

The following is a complete list of lubricant price increases JobbersWorld reported on in Round 2 of 2018.

Round 2 Lubricant Price Increase Summary

Company	Announced Date	Effective Date	Increase
Sinclair Lubricants	2/12/2018	3/1/2018	up to 5%
CAM2	3/1/2018	3/24/2018	4 to 10%
Smitty’s Supply	3/1/2018	3/24/2018	4 to 10%
Pinnacle Oil	3/2/2018	3/19/2018	5 to 10%
Allegheny Petroleum	3/5/2018	3/24/2018	4 to 8%
Advanced Lubrication Specialities (ALS)		3/29/2018	6 to 9%
Sunoco		3/29/2018	6 to 9%
Chemlube	3/7/2018	3/26/2018	5 to 8%
Reliance Fluid Technologies (RFT)	3/7/2018	4/9/2018	4 to 9%
Sunbelt Lubricants	3/8/2018	3/21/2018	6 to 8%
PennStar	3/9/2018	3/19/2018	6 to 10%
Martin Lubricants	3/12/2018	4/16/2018	4 to 10%
Warren Distribution	3/12/2018	4/9/2018	5 to 8%
Maverick Performance Products	3/7/2018	3/26/2018	5 to 8%
Royal Mfg	3/13/2018	4/2/2018	3 to 8%
Omni Specialty Packaging		4/23/2018	5 to 8%
ExxonMobil	3/22/2018	4/23/2018	up to 10%
Warren Oil	3/23/2018	4/23/2018	3 to 8%
Chevron	3/28/2018	5/7/2018	up to 10%
Nu-Tier	3/28/2018	4/16/2018	6 to 8%
Total	3/29/2018	4/30/2018	3 to 5%
Shell	4/4/2018	5/7/2018	up to 10%
Phillips 66	4/5/2018	5/14/2018	up to 10%
Safety-Kleen	4/5/2018	5/7/2018	up to 10%
Valvoline	4/10/2018	5/1/2018	up to 10%
Castrol (excluding industrial)	4/12/2018	5/14/2018	up to 10%
Houghton		5/7/2018	up to 10%