SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D. C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT


                       Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                       the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


          Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 2, 2003


                                  ASHLAND INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                                    Kentucky
                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

           1-2918                                   61-0122250
  (Commission File Number)                       (I.R.S. Employer
                                                 Identification No.)


  50 E. RiverCenter Boulevard, Covington, Kentucky          41012-0391
     (Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)


  P.O. Box 391, Covington, Kentucky                         41012-0391
         (Mailing Address)                                  (Zip Code)


        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (859) 815-3333







Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(c)      Exhibits

99.1     Website data concerning Ashland  Distribution  Company's sales per
         ship day

99.2     Website data concerning Ashland Distribution Company's revenue

99.3     Website  data  concerning  Ashland  Distribution  Company's  gross
         profit

99.4     Website  data  concerning  Ashland  Specialty  Chemical  Company's
         average sales per ship day

99.5     Website  data  concerning  Ashland  Specialty  Chemical  Company's
         revenue

99.6     Website data concerning Ashland Specialty Chemical Company's gross
         profit

99.7     Website data concerning Valvoline's premium oil sales

99.8     Website data concerning Valvoline's revenue

99.9     Website data  concerning  Valvoline  Instant Oil Change's  twelve
         month rolling average sales

99.10    Website  data  concerning  APAC's  twelve month  average  contract
         awards

99.11    Website data  concerning  APAC's lost time incident rates and OSHA
         recordable incident rates

99.12    Website data  concerning  APAC's monthly  revenue and twelve month
         rolling average revenue


Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure
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     On May 2, 2003, Ashland Inc. will include the information contained in
exhibits  99.1 -  99.12,  and  graphic  images  thereof,  on the  "Investor
Relations"  section of its website located at  www.ashland.com.  Ashland is
furnishing  the  information   pursuant  to  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission's  ("SEC") Regulation FD. The information  contained in exhibits
99.1 - 99.12 is summary  information  concerning  key metrics for Ashland's
divisional  operations  and is intended to be  considered in the context of
Ashland's SEC filings and other public  announcements that Ashland may make
from time to time.

     By filing this report on Form 8-K,  Ashland  makes no  admission as to
the  materiality of any  information in this report.  Ashland  reserves the
right to discontinue the availability of the data in the attached  exhibits
from its website at any time.





                                 SIGNATURE


     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
    the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
    undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                                      ASHLAND INC.
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                                     (Registrant)



    Date:  May 2, 2003                             /s/ J. Marvin Quin
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Name:     J. Marvin Quin
                                         Title:    Senior Vice President and
                                                   Chief Financial Officer







                               EXHIBIT INDEX
                               -------------

99.1     Website data concerning Ashland  Distribution  Company's sales per
         ship day

99.2     Website data concerning Ashland Distribution Company's revenue

99.3     Website  data  concerning  Ashland  Distribution  Company's  gross
         profit

99.4     Website  data  concerning  Ashland  Specialty  Chemical  Company's
         average sales per ship day

99.5     Website  data  concerning  Ashland  Specialty  Chemical  Company's
         revenue

99.6     Website data concerning Ashland Specialty Chemical Company's gross
         profit

99.7     Website data concerning Valvoline's premium oil sales

99.8     Website data concerning Valvoline's revenue

99.9     Website data  concerning  Valvoline  Instant Oil Change's  twelve
         month rolling average sales

99.10    Website  data  concerning  APAC's  twelve month  average  contract
         awards

99.11    Website data  concerning  APAC's lost time incident rates and OSHA
         recordable incident rates

99.12    Website data  concerning  APAC's monthly  revenue and twelve month
         rolling average revenue