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 ...

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 ...

Vessel operators and oil marketers are girding for the impacts that IMO 2020 will have on shipping and marine lubricants, but an industry analyst pred ...

ExxonMobil announced Thursday that its new base stock plant in Rotterdam has begun commercial production, marking the opening of Europes first large-s ...

Global bright stock demand was 2.7 million tons in 2017, but is expected to decline by approximately 250,000 tons by 2027, said Kline & Co. in a w ...

API Group III base oil will enjoy the strongest base stock demand growth through 2017, followed by Group II, consultancy Kline and Co. concluded in st ...

Over the next five years, the lube industry will see a fierce battle between API Group I and II base oils for market dominance, and the smart money is ...

Motiva Enterprises announced last week an expansion that will increase capacity at its Port Arthur, Texas, Group II base oil plant by 13,700 barrels p ...