Exhibit 99.14

        (Text of graph posted to Ashland Inc.'s website concerning
    Valvoline Instant Oil Change's twelve month rolling average sales)

                    VIOC Same Store Sales ($, Millions)

                            (2 Years and Older)

                 2001      2002      2003      2004      2005      2006
                ------    ------    ------    ------    ------    ------

January          10.0      10.6      11.5      11.9      11.7      11.4
February         10.0      10.7      11.5      12.0      11.7      11.4
March            10.0      10.7      11.6      11.9      11.7      11.4
April            10.0      10.8      11.7      11.9      11.7      11.3
May              10.0      10.9      11.7      11.8      11.7      11.3
June             10.1      11.0      11.8      11.8      11.7      11.3
July             10.1      11.1      11.8      11.8      11.7      11.3
August           10.2      11.2      11.9      11.7      11.7      11.2
September        10.2      11.2      11.9      11.7      11.6      11.3
October          10.3      11.3      11.9      11.7      11.5      11.3
November         10.4      11.4      11.9      11.7      11.5      11.3
December         10.5      11.4      11.9      11.8      11.4      11.4

NOTE: 60 VIOC stores  transferred  to Marathon on June 30, 2005,  have been
excluded from this data.