A flare-up in hostilities between the United States and Iran pushed a tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East into the unknown, and kept crude oil prices ...

Vietnam has tightened recycling requirements for lubricant marketers and importers under a new extended producer responsibility regime that took effec ...

Ukraine’s expanding drone campaign against Russian oil infrastructure has reached facilities producing base oils and lubricants, raising concerns th ...

After 100 days of war, many people around the world are in accord that Donald J. Trump should not be a contender for the Nobel Peace Prize – neither ...

Given a resurgence of hostilities in the Middle East, a peace deal between Israel and the United States and Iran seemed to be less likely to be achiev ...

Base oil prices continued to be exposed to upward pressure from steep crude oil prices, as flows from the Middle East remained constrained by the near ...

Base oil inventories in the United States are shrinking as domestic demand accelerates, according to the latest figures published by the U.S. Energy I ...

The continuing saga of the United States and Israel war against Iran continues with a febrile ceasefire in place. The ceasefire is being continually b ...

While no conclusive agreement to end the United States-Israel-Iran war had been achieved last week, there had been muted optimism that negotiations wo ...

News emerged that Excel Paralubes and Avista Oil had adjusted prices last week, along with other producers’ markups. Posted price increases have slo ...

The world awaits the latest bulletin on the war between the United States and Iran as delegates from both sides convened in Doha, Qatar, apparently to ...

Base oil prices in Asia appeared to have reached an inflection point, as the market was transitioning from a uniform, upward trajectory to fragmented, ...

The current upheaval of base oil markets is severe enough to seem mythical except that lubricant producers are feeling the very real brunt.

With the Strait of Hormuz still closed to most tanker traffic and significant amounts of crude oil and refined products captive in the Persian Gulf, c ...

Base oil prices are almost three times prewar levels since the United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran on Feb. 28, tightening ...

Global base oil markets continue to recoil in response to the United States-Israel-Iran war. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed to merchant marine tr ...

Despite the fact that roughly 20% of the world’s crude oil flows are still trapped in the Persian Gulf as the war in Iran is still unresolved and th ...

Additional posted price increase announcements emerged in the paraffinic base oil segment, with Chevron, ExxonMobil and Paulsboro informing customers ...

A so-called ceasefire between United States and Iran appears to be continuing in the Middle East Gulf but with sporadic outbreaks of firing on what se ...