Base oil production in Brazil rose to its highest level of the year in July but was still down 9% from the same month of 2025, according to the latest ...

Slicker Recycling’s Mark Olpin makes a case for stepping up used oil rerefining in the United Kingdom.

Gabriela Wheeler looks hard for good news in the base oil market.

Canadian rerefiner ReGen III Corp. said its chief operating officer, Tom Lawlor, has left the company, effective Monday. ReGen did not give a reason f ...

Supplies of Yubase 4 base oil are set to tighten in Europe after Repsol warned customers that it will be unable to supply the API Group III grade thro ...

Exports of finished lubricants produced in the United States fell for the second month in a row in June after reaching their highest level of 2026 in ...

The U.S. base oil market absorbed a major supply chain disruption during the first half of 2026 as the conflict with Iran almost halted Middle Eastern ...

Evolving performance standards for passenger car engine oils have narrowed formulator base stock options, making base oil supply more vulnerable to ge ...

The Light at the End of the Tunnel Will the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran hold? Will crude oil and base oil shipments from t ...

China is increasing exports of API Group II and Group III base oils into Asian markets after a decade of capacity growth increased domestic supply, ac ...

Chevron Products Company will expand its North American base oils distribution network through new agreements with HF Sinclair and Renkert Oil, broade ...

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

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

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

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.

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 ...

Australia’s lubricant market is feeling the impact of supply chain disruptions linked to the Middle East conflict, which has sent global base oil pr ...

Vietnam has tightened recycling requirements for lubricant marketers and importers under a new extended producer responsibility regime that took effec ...