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Fuchs: Lube Demand Could Give Way

Fuchs: Lube Demand Could Give Way

Global lubricant demand reached 35.7 million metric tons in 2017, neck-and-neck with the year before, indicates an initi …

Group IIIs Fast and Furious Race

Group IIIs Fast and Furious Race

Eyeing the road to 2040, oil companies may feel carsick. While the global vehicle fleet will double, its need for engine …

Harveys Toll: $200M in Lost Base Oil

Harveys Toll: $200M in Lost Base Oil

How deeply did Hurricane Harvey bite into U.S. base oil supply? Domestic production in September plunged by 1.8 million …

Motiva Rolls Out Group III

Motiva Rolls Out Group III

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey – Following more than a year of rumor and speculation, Motiva officially is jumping into the API …

Grease Consistency: A Stiff Challenge

Grease Consistency: A Stiff Challenge

For almost a century, the cone penetrometer has taken the measure of grease stiffness. Its easy, cheap, fast–and wildly …

Thirst Grows for U.S. Base Oils

Thirst Grows for U.S. Base Oils

Refiners opened the taps to fill nearly 30.8 million barrels of base oil in the first half of the year, keeping up with …

U.S. Base Oils Made Gains Abroad

U.S. Base Oils Made Gains Abroad

Base oil production at U.S. refineries amounted to nearly 30.8 million barrels in first-half 2017, according to data rel …

Guide Takes Measure of Synthetic Stocks

Guide Takes Measure of Synthetic Stocks

When it comes to mineral base oils, the bulk of global supply is firmly in the hands of multinational oil majors, like E …

Marketing Matters

Marketing Matters

Production of lubricating greases reached 2.57 billion pounds in 2016.

NLGI Launches Research Grants Program

NLGI Launches Research Grants Program

Last week, the National Lubricating Grease Institute officially launched a research grants program to encourage inquiry …

API to Work on Supplemental Oil Category

API to Work on Supplemental Oil Category

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Meeting here yesterday, the American Petroleum Institutes Lubricants Group voted unanimously to move …

Base Oil Map Shows Asias Power

Base Oil Map Shows Asias Power

Global base oil manufacturing capacity now tips the scales at roughly 55 million metric tons a year (1.11 million barrel …

Base Oil Capacity Keeps Rising

Base Oil Capacity Keeps Rising

Global base oil manufacturing capacity now tips the scales at 1.11 million barrels a day, roughly 55 million metric tons …

Grease Output Edged Up in 2016

Grease Output Edged Up in 2016

OLYMPIC VALLEY, California – Global production of lubricating greases reached 2.57 billion pounds in 2016, according to …

2016: Some Gains, Some Pains

2016: Some Gains, Some Pains

U.S. production was steady throughout 2016 but slipped 7.4 percent from the year before. Naphthenics dropped for the six …

U.S. Base Oil Eased Off in 2016

U.S. Base Oil Eased Off in 2016

Operating at a relaxed but steady pace for most of the year, U.S. base oil refiners delivered a respectable 60.6 million …

Pack a Punch with Pouches

Pack a Punch with Pouches

Plastic motor oil containers reign on the shelves, but flexible pouches are boxing clever with a fresh look and reduced …

Delays Dog Upgrades

Delays Dog Upgrades

Holdups keep hounding the creators of ILSAC GF-6, API SP and Dexos1:2015 engine oils, as if they were stuck in Groundhog …