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There appeared to be a flurry of activity as buyers tried to secure cargoes and sellers assessed stock levels, with oper ...
Brazil’s top court ordered a temporary halt this week to efforts to divest eight refineries owned by national oil comp ...
Just like the coronavirus pandemic has affected various countries to differing degrees, it has also impacted the various ...
Availability of a number of base oil grades continued to tighten, as weather-related output and transportation disruptio ...
Supply and demand seem to have a tendency to achieve balance, and even in markets that appear long, unexpected events mi ...
India’s Tide Water Oil Co. and Balmer Lawrie & Co.’s greases and lubricants segments both reported steep decline ...
Are base oil traders headed for extinction, or will they adapt and rise again to offer value to the industry?
The United States base oil market is still waiting for information about the reopening of the Excel Paralubes plant in W ...
Even increases in base stock prices couldn’t break through the gloom of coronavirus this season, says Gabriela Wheeler ...
While global lubricant demand drags, says Caitlin Jacobs, the odds are still looking good for renewable and biodegradabl ...
There are a number of potential avenues of development and challenges for electric vehicle lubricant formulators, but wh ...
Rubis Terminal recently acquired Tepsa, a Spanish company that provides storage for bulk base oil, lubricants and other ...
Global base oil supply tightened in recent weeks due to trimmed operating rates at a large number of plants, combined wi ...
Refineries in eastern Texas and Louisiana are closing or scaling back operations as an intensifying Hurricane Laura barr ...
Russian specialty chemical producer Vyazemsky Plant for Synthetic Products expanded its capacity to manufacture fatty ac ...
A combination of reduced operating rates at most base oil plants, recent and imminent turnarounds, and steady demand res ...
Vertex Energy’s black oil segment, which includes its rerefineries business, posted steep decreases in operating incom ...