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Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity

		Common Stock												Treasury Stock
(number of shares in thousands)		2012				2011				2010				2012				2011				2010
At January 1			29,555				29,555				29,555				6,507				5,851				5,890
Exercise of options			0				0				0				(333	)			(236	)			(186	)
Stock purchases			0				0				0				48				1,087				147
Settlement of NewMarket Corporation civil complaint			0				0				0				0				(195	)			0
At December 31			29,555				29,555				29,555				6,222				6,507				5,851

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Tabular disclosure of changes in the separate accounts comprising stockholders' equity (in addition to retained earnings) and of the changes in the number of shares of equity securities during at least the most recent annual fiscal period and any subsequent interim period presented is required to make the financial statements sufficiently informative if both financial position and results of operations are presented.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

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-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644

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