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The European Commission published its automotive package, outlining initial measures aimed at aligning the bloc’s decarbonization goals with competi ...

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December 17, 2025

SK Enmove Opens China Technology Center in ShanghaiSK Enmove held an opening ceremony on Dec. 15 for its China Technology Center&n ...

According to reports, ExxonMobil and Paulsboro Refining Co. planned to decrease posted prices this week, on the heels of similar adjustments by Chevro ...

The American Petroleum Institute (API) Lubricants Group has agreed to move forward with balloting on three proposals tied to the next heavy-duty en ...

The European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets are subdued in terms of buying and selling activity, although deliveries of large cargoes fr ...

The European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets are subdued in terms of buying and selling activity, although deliveries of large cargoes fr ...

Languid buying appetite and ample supplies continued to exert downward pressure on spot prices in Asian base oil markets. Buyers who were holding adeq ...

Aster Chemicals and Energy will fork out U.S.$155 million to upgrade its refinery on Pulau Bukom in Singapore, the company said Dec. 9.  

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December 10, 2025

Eneos Hastens Cooling Fluid DevelopmentEneos Holdings is using NVIDIA’s Alchemi platform to speed development of immersion-cooling fluids for data c ...

The base oils market moseyed its way through the last weeks of the year, with participants reporting business at predicted levels amid expectations th ...

Representatives of Europe’s waste oil rerefining industry called on the European Union help grow the industry with stronger regulations and clearer ...

The volume of finished lubricant sales by independent manufacturers in North America rose 3.7% from 2018 to 2024, according to a new study by S&P ...

Base oil prices across Europe, the Middle East and Africa are mostly softer except for a resilient API Group III segment, where demand appears to be g ...

As the end of the year closes in, market participants were trying to wrap up business. Some suppliers were eager to reduce inventories to avoid tax im ...

Vietnamese lubricant company NPOil broke ground on a second lubricant blending plant expected to boost the company’s exports to Southeast Asia, Sout ...

On Monday, Motiva Enterprises began a restructuring its commercial functions, introduces a standalone marketing and sales unit and adds new senior exe ...

Oronite Opens Depot in Dubai

December 3, 2025

Chevron Oronite has opened a new storage facility in the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai, partnering with RSA-Talke, a logistics operator, to expand its ...

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December 3, 2025

Afton Taps SSKTama to be Indonesia DistributorAfton Chemical named PT Sari Sarana Kimiatama (SSKTama) as its distributor for the independent lubricant ...

Valencia, Spain – European lubricant demand is expected to remain flat for the rest of the decade as weak economic growth, political volatility and ...