Base oil facilities along the United States Gulf Coast appeared to largely avoid damage over the weekend from Hurricane Ida, but the market was still ...

Turning Down the Heat Just like the Olympic flame was extinguished in Tokyo in early August following the completion of an unusual and challenging ...

The ever-growing emphasis on sustainability is pushing the lubricants industry to develop products that help achieve carbon neutrality. In the base st ...

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.

Conflicting currents roiled the United States base oils market, as healthy demand and limited availability in some segments exerted upward pressure, w ...

Fundamentals in European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets are vastly different from those in Asia-Pacific and the United States, creating ...

For the quarter ending June 30, Cosan’s Moove reported increases in profit, revenue and sales volume and Vertex Energy’s black oil segment – inc ...

While the supply and demand tightness witnessed since late 2020 has started to ease in some base oil segments, the United States market was not overfl ...

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.

For the quarter ending June 30, Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. saw a steep net loss but with increased sales, Valvoline posted increases in ...

Activity has not let up significantly in the United States market despite the summer holidays, with most base stocks seen as hot commodities pursued b ...

The base oil scene is taking on the role of a balancing act on global basis. A number of arbitrage opportunities opening up may have the effect of inc ...

Commanding almost as much interest as the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, base oil supply and demand continued to be closely watched by market participants, ...

Afton Chemical, Quaker Chemical, and HollyFrontier’s lubricants and specialty products segment all reported increased profits for the second quarter ...

Lotos Group will spend 1.4 billion Poland zloty on investment projects in 2021, one of which includes modernization of its base oil plant in Gdansk, P ...

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

Unboxing July July turned out to be another busy month for base oil market participants, which is a far cry from years past when the summer months ...

Global base oil markets are looking mixed, with Asia showing greater supply of all types of base oils. Meanwhile, Europe and the Middle East are overc ...

South Korean refiner S-Oil’s base oil business and Hyundai Shell Base Oil both reported large increases in profits and sales revenue for the quarter ...

It has been another active week in the U.S. base oils market, with no signs of the “dog days of summer” so typical of years past. Demand held at s ...