With the Strait of Hormuz once again effectively closed to vessel traffic, the chances that fresh crude oil and base oil shipments would be able to le ...

Japanese lubricant manufacturers continue to limit supply while the country develops alternatives to crude oil stranded in the Persian Gulf, according ...

The Iranian peace initiative appears to have collapsed over the last few days, with Trump calling for the cessation of talks with Tehran amid fresh st ...

With a tenuous ceasefire between the United States and Iran keeping crude oil analysts on edge and oil prices trading within a narrow range, the focus ...

Just when the Middle East situation was starting to look up and an increasing number of vessels had been able to transit the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian ...

Ukrainian long-range drones struck Gazprom Neft’s Omsk refinery on Monday, disrupting production at Russia’s largest API Group II and III ...

Amid national mourning for the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delegations from Tehran and the United States agreed to resume talk ...

With a tenuous ceasefire between the United States and Iran keeping crude oil analysts on edge and oil prices trading within a narrow range, the focus ...

The disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has fractured the global base oil market, leaving Europe scrambling for scarce Group III suppl ...

The conflict between the United States and Iran has had a devastating effect on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, transforming the global base oi ...

First article in a two-part series from Ernie Henderson examining the history that made base oil markets vulnerable to geopolitical conflict.

No end in sight to the chaos in the Gulf.

While the number of vessels allowed to transit the Strait of Hormuz has increased, a recent artillery strike by Iran on a commercial ship and the Unit ...

The Middle East situation becomes less clear by the day, with claims and counter claims from U.S. and Iran during the negotiations which appear to be ...

The ceasefire between the United States and Iran remained in limbo amid renewed military hostilities between the two countries, following an Iranian a ...

Vertex Energy Inc. plans to add 6,000 barrels per day of virgin API Group III base oil capacity at its refinery in Mobile, Alabama, with startup targe ...

Join Base Oils Editor Gabriela Wheeler and Executive Editor Tim Sullivan as they discuss this month’s Base Oil Report. The current upheaval of base ...

The memorandum of understanding signed by the United States and Iran over the weekend ignited renewed hopes that ongoing hostilities in the Middle Eas ...

The on-off peace negotiations between U.S. and Iran appear to continue in Switzerland, although there have been walk-outs from the Tehran contingent f ...