The main news surrounding European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets was Monday’s signing of a peace accord for Gaza, brokered by United ...

Some markets were expected to jump back into action following week-long holidays and others were preparing for subdued activities due to the start of ...

Base oil market participants appeared to have come to terms with current industry conditions and made a concerted effort to maintain price stab ...

Specialty chemicals producer SK Minerals & Additives will open its initial public offering on Oct. 10, 2025, looking to raise about $4.9 million t ...

Base oil demand has generally been positive heading into the fourth quarter, when trading traditionally slows. A number of arbitrages are open, some i ...

There were a few bright spots in the market despite deepening concerns about the growing supply and demand imbalance in some base oil segments. The la ...

The summer driving season in the United States reached its denouement in early September, dampening fuel and motor oil consumption as the peak oil cha ...

Clean Harbors announced this week that its Safety-Kleen waste oil and rerefining subsidiary will raise rates.

Chevron stepped out with a posted price decrease announcement this week – the company’s first price revision since May. The price adjustment took ...

Base oil markets are seeing pockets of unseasonal demand for various grades, although the particular grades vary considerably between regions.

Downward price pressure continued on a few base oil grades because of soft fundamentals in Asia, although several cuts appeared to defy the current tr ...

Demand appears set to decline and inventories to grow, as Gabriela Wheeler explains.

The just-completed expansion of ExxonMobil’s base oil plant on Singapore’s Jurong Island makes it the largest such facility in the world – by fa ...

Some base oil cuts were exposed to downward pressure due to sluggish demand and mounting supplies, but others maintained steady pricing because of mor ...

ExxonMobil has completed the most recent expansion of its API Group II base oil plant on Singapore’s Jurong Island.

As the calendar passed the autumn equinox this week, marking when  the sun’s path moves from the Northern to the Southern Hemisphere, base oil mark ...

Base oil prices were generally holding in Asia, although there was still downward pressure on the heavy viscosity grades because supplies outpaced con ...

Slowing demand from some lubricant segments resulted in lengthening base oil supplies, diminishing support for a number of spot indications. As more s ...

Oil refiners in the United States produced just 27.2 million barrels of base oil during the first six months of this year, the third-lowest first half ...

Many players from the international lubricants industry are attending the Lube Expo get-together this week in Dusseldorf, Germany, and while that lead ...