Anuj Kumar discusses what is needed to maximize the amount of waste lubricants recycled into base oil.

Out with the Old, in with the New   As the end of the year approaches, many base oil industry participants are likely to evaluate the circumst ...

The fall season ushers in a time of reflection and gratitude in many parts of the world, such as the traditional autumn moon viewing in Japan (known a ...

Saudi Aramco Base Oil Co., known as Luberef, extended its land lease investment agreement for its Yanbu base oil facility by 20 years, according to a ...

Bashneft’s refinery in Ufa, Russia, was attacked by Ukrainian drones Saturday, causing undetermined damage to another Russian refinery that produces ...

Specialty chemicals producer SK Minerals & Additives will open its initial public offering on Oct. 10, 2025, looking to raise about $4.9 million t ...

Clean Harbors announced this week that its Safety-Kleen waste oil and rerefining subsidiary will raise rates.

Demand appears set to decline and inventories to grow, as Gabriela Wheeler explains.

The just-completed expansion of ExxonMobil’s base oil plant on Singapore’s Jurong Island makes it the largest such facility in the world – by fa ...

ExxonMobil has completed the most recent expansion of its API Group II base oil plant on Singapore’s Jurong Island.

Oil refiners in the United States produced just 27.2 million barrels of base oil during the first six months of this year, the third-lowest first half ...

A collective waste lubricant management organization seeks approval from the regulators.

Unfettered production and lackluster demand left U.S. base oil supply and demand in relaxed balance.

ExxonMobil announced Wednesday that it will upgrade the base oil plant at its Baytown, Texas, refinery, giving it capacity to make 8,000 barrels per d ...

Base oil exports from South Korea rose 5% year over year in July, but the value of those exports dropped 2% due to lower prices.

The Southeast Asian nation is bringing more rerefining capacity online.

Wars, tariffs, a slew of temporary refinery shutdowns – nothing phases base oil prices these days. Gabriela Wheeler discusses the unrattled market.

The base oils market appeared somewhat baffling as it entered the summer driving season. Some suppliers observed a comfortable stream of orders, while ...

Saudi base oil rerefiner Yunitco plans to carry out maintenance at its unit in Yanbu

Some paraffinic and naphthenic base oil prices have dipped. Gabriela Wheeler explains why.