Excel Paralubes communicated a posted price increase this week, hot on the heels of a previous round of price adjustments for API Group I, II and II+ ...

A number of shortages are starting to emerge from war in Ukraine. Agriculture seems hardest hit, with supplies of vegetable oils, cereals and some fru ...

Gabriela Wheeler explains some of the most prevalent factors contributing to the current—and confusing—base oil pricing dynamics.

What makes metallocene polyalphaolefins particularly well suited for use in wind turbine lubricants?

Sinopec’s Yanshan Petrochemical Co. has begun producing API Group III base oils, joining the growing list of Chinese refiners that claim to make Gro ...

Tight supply, steady demand and volatile crude oil and feedstock values were impacting spot pricing in Asia, with most spot prices moving up and remai ...

SK Lubricants posted a 54% year-to-year increase in operating profit for the quarter ended March 31, according to results the company filed today. The ...

Additional base oil producers joined those suppliers that had announced posted price increases last week by stepping out with initiatives of their own ...

Ecuador collected 4.1 million gallons of used lubricants in 2021 – a fifth of the amount of lubes it consumes – through a two-year-old program aim ...

German oleochemical supplier Peter Greven GmbH announced last week that it has expanded ester production capacity at its factory in Bad Muenstereifel, ...

Lube Report temporarily publishes Ray Masson’s column every other week. His EMEA Base Oil Price Report will appear again in next week’s issue.

Base oil market participants continued to face a challenging scenario, with limited spot supply and steep crude oil and feedstock values placing press ...

Several base oil producers communicated posted price increases this week, thought to have been prompted by steep crude oil prices, along with prospect ...

The war in Ukraine continues to dominate the news around the world, and is likewise making big impacts in a wide range of industries, including base o ...

The base oil demand supply and demand balance was generally tight in Asia, and feedstock prices hovered at steep levels, supporting stable to firm pri ...

South Korea’s base oil export volume for March was down 2% year to year, after being flat for two consecutive months, according to data released by ...

A Mexican government agency complained recently that fuel smuggling in the country has more than doubled since 2018 and now accounts for a fifth of th ...

Brazil’s production of base oil – mostly API Group I – dropped 15% in February, and imports were down by more than two-thirds, according to data ...

Base oil market participants were keeping a vigilant eye on crude oil pricing, as values continued to show wild fluctuations, linked to developments i ...

Bahrain Lube Base Oil Co. in Sitra, Bahrain, has been churning out API Group III base stocks since 2011. It’s clear who operates the plant and also ...