Supply of API Group l base oils is easing somewhat in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, but availability remains snug – especially in Europe – a ...

Concerns about supply shortages seemed to be heightened by the unexpected outage at Ergon’s paraffinic base oil plant in West Virginia last week, wi ...

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.

Calumet, SK Americas, HollyFrontier, Petro-Canada, Paulsboro, Avista Oil and Safety-Kleen announced posted price increases, joining a group of other p ...

Vertex Energy’s black oil segment, which includes its rerefineries and used oil collection business, reported increases in gross profit, income from ...

At last, some signs are materializing of potential downward pressure on base oil prices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The hints are strongest ...

Base Oil Report: Trends  During what has been an extraordinary year for the base oil industry, various factors have contributed to shortages o ...

The Dog Days of Summer May Be a Thing of the Past Up until a couple of years ago, most base oil market players in the United States started to prep ...

Chevron announced a posted price increase this week, the producer’s second initiative in a month. The company had last marked up prices on April 27, ...

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.

Serbia consumed 54,000 tons of finished lubricants in 2019, but the country recycles only 1.5% of that quantity back into base stocks, and it has a lo ...

Remarkably, the base oil supply scene tightened further the past two weeks as availability in all product groups diminished. API Group I supplies rema ...

Petrobras on Tuesday extended until the end of July the negotiations completion deadline for the sale of a refinery with a naphthenic base oil plant i ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. reported a steep deterioration in earnings for the quarter ended March 31, citing a power outage at one of it ...

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.

Uzbek authorities last week announced the government’s intention to sell the Fergana Oil Refinery LLC, the second-largest refining complex in the co ...

Valvoline posted higher sales and operating income for its fiscal quarter ending March 31, and Heritage-Crystal Clean’s oil business segment reporte ...

The run-up for base oil prices throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa slowed the past two weeks, but there are few signs of downward pressure. ...

Ready for a Change  The first quarter of the year was certainly a challenge. Base oil producers dealt with unexpected output disruptions and l ...

Turkish lubricant marketers are preparing for new government regulations that mandate including rerefined base stocks in the manufacture of finished l ...