Base oil exports from South Korea dipped half a percentage point in 2024, falling to their lowest level since 2016, according to the latest data from ...

United States refiners produced a modest 4.4 million barrels of base oil in November, according to new data from the federal Energy Information Admini ...

How do synthetic base stocks help automotive lubricant formulators to meet ever-increasing standards? Pennzoil’s Sean Nguyen weighs in.

How have rerefined base oils benefitted the industry up until now, and how might they help to secure the future of the industry?

Gabriela Wheeler outlines some of the major challenges and opportunities that the North American base oil market may face this year.

Brazil’s output of virgin mineral base oils jumped 24% in December, compared to the same month of 2023, rounding out the country’s most productive ...

How is the current base oil market deviating from its previous patterns, and what factors are forcing the changes?

Vertex settled its compliance obligations with the US EPA as part of bankruptcy proceedings.

Base oil imports to China fell 26% in November, compared to the same month of 2023, as this year’s incoming shipments continued running well behind ...

The amount of base oil exports from South Korea jumped 23% in November, compared to the same month of 2023, but the value of those exports rose only 3 ...

As the year is nearing its end, base oil prices are edging down. Gabriela Wheeler explains why.

Waste oil rerefiner ReGen III aims to be the world’s largest producer of regenerated API Group III base oil when the company commissions its plant ...

Madrid – Avista Green will undertake an expansion of its used lubricant rerefinery in Kalundborg, Denmark, and aims to increase the facility’s bas ...

View from Banting, Malaysia, site of Pentas Flora’s waste oil rerefinery.

Chile recently adopted an extended responsibility law that will require lubricant suppliers to ensure that their products are recycled after use.

Base oil exports from South Korea dipped 3% last month, compared to October of 2023, but the value of those exports fell 26%, reflecting the decline i ...

Clean Harbors Inc. warned customers that it has “significantly” raised waste oil collection fees to offset depressed base oil, vacuum gas oil and ...

Geopolitical conflict, severe weather systems, a longshoremen’s strike and more induced some anxiety in the base oil market in September and early O ...

Base oil imports to China fell 35% in September, compared to the same month of 2023, as 2024’s demand for foreign base stocks continued running behi ...

Italy is the European Union’s leading collector and regenerator of waste oil, said the head of the country's waste oil consortium at an environmenta ...