The shift towards better quality lubricants has resulted in slower growth in demand for esters that are used in lubricants, such as polyol esters and ...

Crude and feedstocks rallied early this week, with dated deliveries of Brent crude breaching the $90 level Monday, putting on around $3 from last week ...

Volatility in crude oil markets triggered by the Hamas attack on Israel over the weekend added another degree of uncertainty to the base oils segment. ...

The United States exported 22% less base oil in July – as shipments to Colombia and Brazil plummeted – and imported 21% less, according to data re ...

Base oil market participants were keeping a close eye on crude oil futures, as values jumped early this week after deadly attacks on several Israeli t ...

Shell Lubricants acquired two product lines from United Kingdom-based M&I Materials Ltd. – one for synthetic and ester-based transformer fluids ...

Crude oil markets confounded nearly all forecasts last week, as prices took a surprising dive that saw dated deliveries of Brent crude sink below $80 ...

Conditions in the Asia base oils market appeared fairly steady, as a balanced-to-tight supply and demand ratio and recent increases in feedstock price ...

Following the implementation of posted price increases during the second half of September, price action within the base oils market has turned quiet� ...

Base oil production in the United States declined 7% in July – continuing a year-long trend – although naphthenic production sported a 5% increase ...

Brazil’s base oil production plummeted 29%, while its base oil import volumes surged 55% in July, the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and ...

Base oil markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are anticipating increased demand for finished lubricants in the fourth quarter and therefore a ...

Several factors seemed to have helped keep the base oil supply overhang in check during the third quarter. Gabriela Wheeler explains what some of thos ...

Base oil prices in Asia continued on an upward trek, with the exception of API Group III values, which have softened given fairly bland buying interes ...

The paraffinic posted price increases communicated by a vast majority of base oil producers and rerefiners over the last two weeks have now been imple ...

Fundamentals remain strong for base oils and base oil pricing, although crude oil and petroleum products have come off their recent highs, showing tha ...

South Korea exported 34% less base oil, and the reported value of those exports plunged 48% in July, compared to the same month last year, the Korea C ...

Tighter base oil supply and demand conditions, together with steep crude oil, fuels and feedstock prices were impacting pricing in Asia. Suppliers hav ...

ExxonMobil on Tuesday announced the startup of two new chemical production units at its Baytown, Texas manufacturing facility, including a linear alph ...

Motiva, ExxonMobil, Excel Paralubes, Holly-Frontier, Petro-Canada, Chevron, Calumet, Paulsboro, Safety-Kleen and Avista Oil communicated posted price ...