Base oil production in the United States was about flat in May, compared to the same month of 2023. Meanwhile base oil imports dropped to one of the l ...

German rerefiner Puraglobe appointed a new CEO, Alois Virag. He replaces the long-serving Andreas Schueppel, who was at the helm for two decades.

With August well and truly underway, many players from the base oil industry are absent, possibly for another 10-14 days of holidays.

Wavering lubricant demand dampened base oil consumption in Asia, while volatile crude oil and feedstock prices only added to the uncertainty. Base oil ...

Moving into the second week of August, the holiday month, base oil markets are exceptionally quiet with many key players missing from offices and desk ...

As global environmental concerns and sustainability efforts continue to grow, many governments have started to implement more stringent regulations fo ...

High base oil prices and sterling volume sales didn’t translate into profitability for Saudi Aramco Base Oil Co., known as Luberef. Narrow crack s ...

The state’s acquisition of the Sapref refinery in Durban could revive local base oils production in South Africa’s import-dependent lubricant mark ...

While base oil demand has slowed down, as most participants seemed comfortable with the inventories they have built and were holding enough product to ...

Slowing demand and plentiful supplies placed downward pressure on base oil prices in Asia, but some grades were insulated from the adjustments because ...

The base oils market has slipped into a summer slumber, with activity in downstream markets slowing and base oil orders consequently weakening. Even s ...

Markets around the Middle East – including base oil markets – are on as Israel prepares defenses against what is predicted to be a massive revenge ...

Base oils demand in Asia continued to be impacted by monsoon season in some countries, uncertainties over pricing in the coming months, crude oil and ...

Base oil demand has remained strong in the summer months. Might this good fortune persist?

S-Oil's Q2 base oil results were steady, while petrochemicals income offset poor refining returns.

Base oil production in Germany rose a scant half percentage point year on year to 148,848 metric tons in April, while imports jumped 10% to 78,341 ton ...

Societal needs will drive lubricant industry changes, and Asia will see some of the most dramatic developments given the region’s population growth ...

Inventory-building efforts during hurricane season, steady demand from some downstream segments, recent plant outages and ongoing export business have ...

As base oil markets cool across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, many players have already left their desks, recognizing that some employees will h ...

Much of Europe's API Group I capacity is closed and there's a scarcity of bright stock. This may not be of great concern to passenger motor oils, ther ...