The breakneck pace of U.S. base oil production slowed in the first half of 2019, creating a more balanced market.

Weifang Hongrun Petrochemical Technology Co. awarded a contract to Chevron Lummus Global for license and design of a 500,000 metric tons per year whit ...

United Kingdom-based Hydrodec Group this week unveiled details of the sale of its Australian hydrotreater - to its biggest shareholder, who will have ...

Tensile Capital Management LLC formed a joint venture with Vertex Energy Inc., agreeing to inject capital that will accelerate development of Vertexs ...

The Asia-Pacific region is shifting rapidly toward increased use of highly refined base stocks as lubricant marketers take advantage of opportunities ...

Arguing that privatization will lead to cheaper energy products, the administration of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has announced plans to sell ...

Milacron reported a dip in operating earnings and sales for its Fluid Technologies segment in the second quarter, and Heritage Crystal-Cleans oil busi ...

The non-profit organization that manages the recycling of used lubricants in Spain raised its subsidy for oil collection and rerefining by 17 percent ...

With engine oils based on Group III picking up market share and the cost of approvals rising, discontent is bubbling up from stakeholders who are foot ...

Its not an industry secret that the discrepancy between base oil production capacity and finished lubricants demand is growing, and that the current o ...

Chevron announced it has agreed for its Richmond, California, base oil plant to begin making API Group III oils that Finnish refiner Neste Corp. will ...

Are the synthetic and naphthenic understudies to paraffinic base oils ready to steal the limelight?

Valvoline reported a slight loss in operating income and lubricants sales volume, HollyFrontiers lubricants and specialty products segment posted a lo ...

Petronas aims to double its supply of API Group III base oils within four years, a top official with its international lubricants arm said recently, s ...

Finnish rerefiner STR Tecoil recently acquired the used oil collection business from Fortum, a Finnish company in the renewable energy sector. The ter ...

Finnish rerefiner STR Tecoil Oy plans to start collecting and processing waste lubricants to produce base oils in Russia, the company confirmed to Lub ...

Regional imbalances in base oil supply and demand lead to large volumes being shipped all over the globe. The pattern of that trade continually shifts ...

United States base oil producers made hay while the sun shined last year, taking advantage of a lack of disruptions to churn out 67.3 million barrels ...

Recycling and sustainability are buzzwords often heard in the West. Now theyre being discussed in Central Asia as waste oil processing takes off.

The worlds thirst for API Group III base stocks should continue to grow in coming years, as requirements for light-duty automobiles keep increasing an ...