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Renewed U.S. strikes on Iranian military targets and continued attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz are again rattling base oil and ...

The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) has warned that proposed changes to U.S. federal research grant rules could disrupt tribo ...

With the Strait of Hormuz once again effectively closed to vessel traffic, the chances that fresh crude oil and base oil shipments would be able to le ...

Shell has completed the sale of its Jiffy Lube business in the United States to an affiliate of Monomoy Capital Partners for U.S.$1.3 billion, while r ...

Japanese lubricant manufacturers continue to limit supply while the country develops alternatives to crude oil stranded in the Persian Gulf, according ...

The Iranian peace initiative appears to have collapsed over the last few days, with Trump calling for the cessation of talks with Tehran amid fresh st ...

With a tenuous ceasefire between the United States and Iran keeping crude oil analysts on edge and oil prices trading within a narrow range, the focus ...

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Quaker in China Quaker Houghton has opened a 30,000-square-meter manufacturing facility in Zhangjiagang, China, expanding local production to meet ...

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Easy Riders Amsoil has reformulated its motorcycle lubricant lineup with the launch of Amsoil 100% Synthetic Motorcycle Oil, replacing its Syntheti ...

Just when the Middle East situation was starting to look up and an increasing number of vessels had been able to transit the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian ...

Ukrainian long-range drones struck Gazprom Neft’s Omsk refinery on Monday, disrupting production at Russia’s largest API Group II and III ...

Companies linked to German businessman Juri Sudheimer supplied lubricants to Russia for more than a year after the start of Russia’s invasion of ...

Valvoline Global will remove Dexos approval labeling from certain Full Synthetic Motor Oil products sold in bulk, tote and drum containers across the ...

Amid national mourning for the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delegations from Tehran and the United States agreed to resume talk ...

With a tenuous ceasefire between the United States and Iran keeping crude oil analysts on edge and oil prices trading within a narrow range, the focus ...

The disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has fractured the global base oil market, leaving Europe scrambling for scarce Group III suppl ...

The conflict between the United States and Iran has had a devastating effect on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, transforming the global base oi ...

First article in a two-part series from Ernie Henderson examining the history that made base oil markets vulnerable to geopolitical conflict.

Turning the ever-growing mountain of discarded clothing into thickeners.