The global base oil market has been through a lot since 2020. How has it weathered the storm?

Once more, supply and demand do not match in the North American base oil market. What has caused the imbalance?

As the lubricants industry searches for ways to come closer to meeting its sustainability goals, waste oil rerefining is gaining momentum.

Posted base oil prices seemed to settle into a more typical pattern this fall, but has the market returned to normality yet?

Base oil pricing dynamics have been hot all year long, but things may finally be cooling down.

The EU has imposed rounds of strict sanctions on Russian oil products. How will the bans affect base oil supply in the bloc?

Crude oil and feedstock prices remain volatile, and the summer months have ushered in yet another round of base oil price increases.

With the war in Ukraine still raging on and feedstock prices soaring, this summer is shaping up to be a wild ride for the base oil market.

Ineos Oligomers announced this week the startup of its new 120,000-metric-tons-per-year low viscosity polyalphaolefins unit at its facility in Chocola ...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created significant supply obstacles for the base oil industry in Europe and beyond, Ray Masson reports.

Crude oil and feedstock pricing has been volatile, making it difficult for base oil producers to formulate a game plan. Gabriela Wheeler warns base oi ...

Gabriela Wheeler explains some of the most prevalent factors contributing to the current—and confusing—base oil pricing dynamics.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has wreaked havoc on the oil and gas industry, prompting base oil producers to up prices once again.

Despite tough market conditions, base oil producers have been working toward a more sustainable future, reports Gabriela Wheeler.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to sharp changes in base oil pricing and margins. Will the market settle into a new post-pandemic norm, and what might that ...

Ray Masson tells the tale of how modern base oils came to be.

Steve Swedberg discusses which types of base oils are available to the lubricants industry and how they can be used.

The Winds of Change After several months of fairly tumultuous and heated market conditions—with monthly posted price adjustments and product shor ...

November Cooldown The naphthenic base oil segment in the United States was where most of the upward price action took place in September and Octobe ...

Unboxing July July turned out to be another busy month for base oil market participants, which is a far cry from years past when the summer months ...