2021 Will Be Marked by Pandemic and Politics Almost everyone was glad to see the back of 2020, and in anticipation of improving public health condi ...

Russian oil major Gazprom Neft started construction last week on a modernization of an obsolete base oil plant at its refinery in Omsk, Western Siberi ...

Naftan wants to upgrade base oil production at its refinery in Novopolotsk, Belarus, by increasing output of API Group III stocks by 2026, according t ...

A year after its initial implementation, the European Union has extended for six more months its duty and 200,000 metric ton quota on imports of API G ...

Turning over a New Leaf In Japan, people travel long distances to enjoy the quiet contemplation of the colorful fall leaves, an activity that boast ...

Exports’ Wild Ride Like most aspects of life and business in 2020, United States base oil exports took some unexpected turns off the usual route, ...

Nynas AB announced yesterday that its reorganization is formally expected to be completed in January after resolving an appeal filed last week by the ...

A small API Group I base oil rerefinery opened last week in Amur Oblast in the Russian Far East, the region’s government announced.

As part of an initiative to decarbonize its refining operations in Singapore, Royal Dutch Shell plans to permanently close its base oil plant in Pulau ...

Base oil supply in the United States has been down throughout most of 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, but prices have fallen and risen due to sh ...

After delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Petrobras is moving forward again with plans to divest several oil refineries – including one that ...

After final approval by a Swedish judge, Nynas AB is scheduled next month to officially exit from court-protected reorganization with much less debt, ...

Russian oil major Tatneft’s Taneco refinery overhauled several units as part of a project aimed at enabling it to make 6 centistoke API Group III b ...

Farewell, 2020! Who wants to hold onto 2020? Most people will probably be happy when it is finally over. Aside from a few bright spots here and the ...

The State of Base Oils at the End of 2020 Whilst it would be remiss to not mention the devastating effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on base ...

South Korean base oil refiner GS Caltex and Thai Oil’s base oil business both posted large increases in net profit for the quarter ending Sept. 30.

The COVID-19 pandemic has battered domestic base oil production in Brazil, but the large amount base oils that the country imports appear to have been ...

Vertex Energy’s black oil segment, which includes its rerefineries and used oil collection business, reported a smaller operating loss but lower rev ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP reported a worse loss for the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared to the same period of 2019, while profits improv ...

Gazprom Neft is continuing with a project to add API Group II and III capacity to it refinery in Omsk, Russia, but the site has already begun making l ...