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 ...

Every Rose Has its Thorn With base oil demand showing a strong recovery in the United States after slumping during the height of the pandemic last ...

Be Careful What You Wish For A little over year ago, when an unknown virus plunged the world into a pandemic, base oil market participants started ...

Base stock supply is likely to remain tight until demand for fuels picks up again, an industry insider told attendees of the ICIS World Base Oils & ...

There are approximately 120 large fuels refineries worldwide that produce base oils as part of their overall product slates and about another 20 integ ...

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 ...

While North America’s petroleum wax supply has declined due to rationalization of API Group I base oil plants, the region accounts for more than 80 ...

The economic wrecking ball that is the coronavirus went into full swing this week when it sent the price of crude oil back to 1991 and pounded stock m ...

ExxonMobil is still mum on the cause and effect of a massive fire last week at its large refinery and chemical facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but ...

Shell Chemical LP completed an expansion that increased linear alpha olefin capacity at its Geismar, Louisiana, petrochemical refinery by 425,000 metr ...

TopSail Energy LP plans to construct a processing facility in Baytown, Texas, to recycle used motor oil into marketable feedstocks, fuels and additive ...

Century Refineries Pvt. has sold its land and unfinished rerefinery in Bay City, Texas, and agreed to acquire an 8 million gallon terminal near Annapo ...

Quality alone doesnt guarantee refining success. Investors also must weigh economic factors such as size, location, yield and byproducts, says an expe ...

India-based Century Refineries broke ground last month on a $1.7 million rerefinery outside Bay City, Texas, with vacuum gas oil production slated to ...

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 ...

LONDON – For API Group I solvent refining plants in a world of high-priced crude, only 40 to 60 percent of their product yield is more valuable ...

Veolia Environnement and Total on Nov. 30 announced the creation of Osilub, a joint venture to develop a sustainable used motor oil recycling business ...