Global finished lubricant demand isn't keeping up with expanding base oil supply, threatening the cash margins of mineral base oil producers, official ...

API Group II base oil has overtaken Group I in terms of global production capacity and will likely continue to distance itself in coming years, but Gr ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Efforts to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions will continue pushing United States engine oils towards lower viscosities while gradually stimula ...

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 ...

Reflecting global oversupply, Petronas will postpone its plans to increase API Group III base oil capacity at its Melaka refinery in Malaysia, the sta ...

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 ...

A planned 200,000 metric ton per year base oil plant in Shymkent will begin producing API Groups II and III base oils in 2014, a Kazakh executive reve ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – New API Group III refineries on both sides of the Malacca Straits are making the Singapore-Malaysia-Indonesia region a ...

Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. announced last week that it plans to build a Group III base oil plant at its refinery in southwest India. T ...