Is the lubricants business on its way to commoditization? Tom Glenn weighs in.

YPF u-turned last week on a lubricant price hike in Bolivia under pressure from a number of local transport associations.

Unparalleled While lubricant prices have experienced ups and some downs over the years, the events of 2021 have made this year one for the record b ...

Iranian regulators recently authorized a 41% hike in prices for gasoline and diesel automotive engine oils. The country’s Consumer and Producer Prot ...

Several major and independent lubricant marketers informed customers of finished lube price increases in the United States that will take effect from ...

China’s vehicle population, forecast to surpass the United States’ by the end of this year, has been transitioning to more powerful cars and truck ...

Several major and independent lubricant marketers notified customers of finished lubricant price hikes in the United States that will take effect in O ...

When the storm clouds clear, Tom Glenn believes that covid-19 will have made the lubricant business stronger and more resilient.

Tom Glenn outlines some factors that may contribute to stickier price increases this year.

Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Phillips 66 and several smaller blenders notified United States customers of impending finished lubricant price increases ...

From the long-awaited adoption of ILSAC GF-6 to a crackdown on 303 hydraulic fluids to mergers and acquisitions, 2019 was a busy year in the Americas ...

Tom Glenn examines the narrowing gap between price and cost for finished lubes.

ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron and Phillips 66 notified U.S. customers of upcoming finished lubricant price increases that take effect in early May. Some ...

Consumers continued to trade up to higher priced synthetic motor oil in place of cheaper conventional oil, and inflation caused transmission fluid pri ...

Chevron, Phillips 66, Total and Petro-Canada America Lubricants notified U.S. customers of upcoming finished lubricant price increases that go into ef ...

Shell informed U.S. customers about a price increase of up to 5 percent on finished lubricants effective Feb. 19, with different effective dates and/o ...

Most major oil companies have informed U.S. customers of finished lubricant price hikes in recent weeks that will take effect throughout September, an ...

Most major oil companies have notified U.S. customers of finished lubricant price hikes in recent weeks that will kick in from late June to early July ...

U.S. lubricant suppliers continue to report price increases on finished lubes, with most increases in the 4 to 10 percent range. Citgo Lubricants, BP ...