The following is a list of previous issues of JobbersWorld Online. Please note, JobbersWorld is Published and Copyrighted by Petroleum Trends International Inc.

• December 21, 2011
  • Wallover Oil Acquires Commonwealth Oil
  •  Crystal Flash Energy Acquires Drakes Fuel Service
  • Make an Offer! LubeXChange Posts Close to $5 Million in Surplus Products
• December 12, 2011
  • ConocoPhillips Announces Lubricant Price Decrease
  • Chevron to Further Ensure Lubricant Quality with Product Integrity Assurance System (PIAS) Program
• December 1, 2011
  • RelaDyne Announces the Acquisition of Hill Oil Company and PetroClean Solutions
  • PQIA Issues a Consumer Alert on MaxiGuard
• November 16, 2011
  • Booth Waltz Enterprises Acquires Windward Petroleum
  • New Website Proactively Connects Buyers and Sellers in the Lubricant Industry
• November 9, 2011
  • Lubrizol Signs Agreement to Acquire Chemtool
• October 12, 2011
  • MSouth Equity Partners Acquires PetroLiance
• October 11, 2011
  • What’s Driving Base Oil Prices?
  • Where are Base Oil Prices Heading?
  • Used Engine Oil Gets Recycled by 95 Percent of Auto Repair Shops and Parts Stores
• October 3, 2011
  • Nissan Announces a Dealer Price Increase on Lubricants
  • KOST USA, Inc. Expands Product Offerings to Western US Market
  • Velaro Completes Purchase of Murphy Oil’s Meraux, LA Refinery
  • Making Choices When Prices Are The Same.
• September 15, 2011
  • Shell NA Lubes Announces Reorganization
  • PQIA Issues Consumer Alerts on Six Motor Oils
  • Toyota Announces a Price Adjustment on Genuine Oil
  • Sasol Announces Feasibility Study to Build First Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) plant in the US
• September 1, 2011
  • RelaDyne Acquires Derrick Oil and Supply
  • POLARIS Brings on More International Sales Experience
• August 19, 2011
  • For the Sake of Completeness – Castrol Industrial, Petro-Canada and EcoPower Also Increased Prices
  • Elephants in the Room
• August 16, 2011 Evening Edition
  • Add CITGO and ConocoPhillips to the List of Majors Announcing a Price Increase
  • The Time is Getting Longer
  • Summary of Price Increases in Round Four…
• August 16, 2011
  • ExxonMobil and Castrol Announce Price Increases
  • Summary of Price Increases in Round Four…
  • Golden Gate Petroleum to pay $3 Million Settlement
• August 9, 2011
  • Valvoline Increases Lubricant Prices
  • Summary of Price Increases in Round Four…
  • Crude – Base Oil Spread
  • Marketers Sound Off
• August 8, 2011
  • Valvoline Price Increase – Correction
  • The Results are in…
• August 5, 2011
  • The Majors are Moving
  • The Results are in…
• August 2, 2011
  • For Those Wondering – Not a Word…
  • Goodwrench Ups Lube Prices
  • Will Price “Postings” Commoditize the Lubricants Business?
  • JobbersWorld Passenger Car Motor Oil (PCMO) Price Tracker – Retail
  • Valvoline Adds to its UltraMax Line
  • United Petroleum Looks to Step up with the Majors and Step Out Above the Competition
• July 18, 2011
  • A Major Moves – Chevron Announces Price Increase
  • Fire Destroys Niagara Lubricant Company Facility
  • ValvTect Treated Fuels Hit Over 1 Billion Gallons
• July 6, 2011
  • Round 4 for Additives – Afton and Infineum Up Prices
  • 7th Inning Stretch, or a Squeeze Play?
  • Safety-Kleen to Conduct Preliminary Engineering for new Re-Refinery in Southern U.S.
  • Curt Knapp Named Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Safety-Kleen
• June 21, 2011
  • No Surprise – When Costs Increase, so do Prices
• June 17, 2011
  • More Price Increases
  • And the Winner is (are)…
• June 13, 2011 Evening Edition
  • CAM2 International, LLC to open and operate a lubricant terminal and blending facility in Bakersfield, California
• June 13, 2011
  • Add Smitty’s to the List in Round 4
• June 9, 2011
  • Motiva Moves Base Oil Price
  • A Second in What Could be Round 4…
    U.S. Lubricants Also Announces a Price Increase
  • Price Increase – Round 4?
  • The Crude – Base Oil Spread
  • What Oil Would You Recommend?
• June 8, 2011
  • Price Increase – Round 4?
• June 6, 2011
  • Quaker State to Reward Motorist With Cash Back for Holding Onto Their Vehicles Longer
  • The Lift in Retail PCMO Prices
  • Universal Lubricants Super XHD dexos1 Approved
• June 1, 2011
  • Shell and its Marketers “Growing Together”
• May 23, 2011
  • Valvoline Increases Lube Prices
  • Price Increase Summary – Round 3
• May 20, 2011
  • Shell Announces
  • Price Increase Summary – Round 3
• May 16, 2011
  • More Majors Move Prices
  • Preparing and Recovering From the Flood
  • Royal Buying Group and Irving Oil Marketing Establish a Convenience Store Buying Group
• May 13, 2011
  • Chevron and ConocoPhilips are Next in the Third Round of Price Increases for 2011
  • Price Increase Summary as of May 13, 2011 – Round Three
  • Ultrachem Adds Another to the STLE List of CLS
• May 11, 2011
  • ExxonMobil First Major in Round Three
  • Time Between Increases (TBI)
• May 10, 2011
  • ARG Moves Prices
  • The Spread Keeps Spreading
  • Bracing for the Flood
• May 4, 2011
  • Pennzoil “Pride”
  • RelaDyne Partners with Des-Case
  • Shell’s EcoBox System Now Available to Distributors
  • Castrol Edge Now Has “Titanium Fluid Strength”
  • Bel-Ray Partners With TM
  • McPherson Celebrates 40 Years in The Business
• April 25, 2011
  • Shell Scores with Sonic
  • CITGO Ups Price on Private Label Brands
  • Price Increase Updates
  • Price Increase Summary as of April 21, 2011
• April 19, 2011
  • ALS, Chemlube, and Safety-Kleen Up Prices
  • Price Increase Summary as of April 19, 2011
  • Shell Implements Temporary Fuel Credit
  • Champion Brands LLC Rolling Out New Diesel Engine Oil
• April 15, 2011
  • More Price Increases – Round 3
  • Why, Why… are Lubricant Prices Increasing?
  • George Ristevski Appointed SVP and Chief Operating Officer of Maxum Petroleum
• April 11, 2011
  • PetroChoice Acquires Anderson Lubricants, Inc.
• April 7, 2011
  • Battling for Market Share; So What’s New?
  • Lubrizol Announces Increase on Lubricant Additives
  • Additive Price Increases – What they Mean
• April 4, 2011
  • The Spreads are Spreading…
  • Holly Hikes Base Oil Prices
  • Chevron Introduces New Delo® Grease ESI
  • Ultrachem Introduces New Line of Lubes
  • POLARIS Laboratories Launches HORIZON® 4
• March 30, 2011
  • Hang on – It could be a Wild Ride!
  • Do Lubricant Price Increases Stick?
  • Craig Callé Appointed SVP and Chief Financial Officer of Maxum Petroleum
  • Universal Lubricants Hits 1.5 Million Gallon Production Mark of New ECO ULTRA® Recycled Motor Oil
  • Shell Rotella SuperRigs® Coming to KENLY 95 Petro in Kenly, North Carolina
• March 22, 2011
  • Castrol Holds Out Until Last Among the Majors
  • U.S. Lubricants Announces Increase
  • Kendall Motor Oil – Mean and Green
  • Universal Lubricants’ ECO ULTRA® Recycled Motor Oil Becomes Official Green Product of the Association of Independent Oil Distributors
  • Andrew Bornstein is the New President of NAL
• March 21, 2011
  • Valvoline Increases Lube Prices
  • Commonwealth Oil Ups Price
  • Round Two of 2011 Price Increases
• March 15, 2011 Correction
  • 2011 Price Increases
• March 15, 2011
  • ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, PetroCanada and CITGO Move Prices Up
  • Sampling of 2011 Price Increases
  • Haycock Petroleum Announced as Newest Sinclair Arctic Fire™ Lubricant Distributor
  •  Edgar Hansen to Appear at Delo® Booth During MATS
• March 14, 2011 Second Edition
  • Shell Also Announced a Price Increase
  • ARG Announces Increase
  • Advanced Lubrication Specialties Also Moves Price
  • Nippon Oil USA Bumps up Prices
• March 14, 2011
  • Chevron Bumps up the Price of Lubes
  • Berkshire Hathaway to Buy Lubrizol for $9.7 billion
• March 11, 2011
  • Safety-Kleen Announces Increase on Lubricants
  • Shell Increases Coolant Prices
  • Petroleum Quality Institute of America (PQIA) Issues Another Consumer Alert on Motor Oil
  • Valvoline’s  “NextGen™” is on the Shelves
  • Ferrell Oil Brings on Doster as VP of Sales and Marketing
• March 1, 2011
  • Here We Go!  The Independents are First to Move.
  • Ouch!
  • Petroleum Quality Institute of America (PQIA) Issues Consumer Alerts on Two Motor Oils
  • Shane Terry Moves on From North American Lubricants
• February 15, 2011
  • Shell Sweetens the Deal for Jiffy Lube
  • JobbersWorld Unveils New MarketPlace For Hiring, Buying, Selling and More!
• February 8, 2011
  • Valvoline Goes Green with “NextGen™”
  • Pugh Lubricants Named “Top Flight Marketer”
  • Valley Pacific Petroleum Services Brings on NOxBlue DEF
• February 2, 2011
  • ExxonMobil Makes Big Changes to its PCEO Lineup
  • Chevron Pascagoula – That’s a Lot of Juice!
  • Lubrizol Beats the Street!
• January 31, 2011
  • It’s back On! Chevron to Build $1.4 Billion Base Oil Plant in Pascagoula, Mississippi
  • Honeywell to Sell its CPG Automotive Group
• January 25, 2011
  • It’s official – Castrol Announces Price Increase
  • Western Marketing Drops AIOD
  • Private Label vs. Big Brands
  • Spectrum Acquires A/R Packaging Corporation
• January 21, 2011
  • It’s Official, Petro-Canada is Now dexos1 licensed
• January 19, 2011
  • Valvoline on Valentines’ Day – Price Increase
  • Price Increases – Leaders and Laggards
  • Shell Marketer’s Meeting Had Most in Attendance Feeling Upbeat
  • Shell Concept Lubricant Achieves Up To 6.5% Fuel Economy Benefit
• January 10, 2011
  • Shell Announces Increase
  • Price Increases – Leaders and Laggards
  • RelaDyne and BioBlend Announce Distribution Agreement
  • GROWMARK Lubricant Manufacturing Facility to Undergo Major Renovation
• January 6, 2011
  • CITGO Announces Price Increase
  • ExMo Bumps Up Prices
  • Shell Lubricants Announces Two New Canadian Distribution Alliances

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