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Briefly Noted

September 17, 2025

Lubrizol in Pakistan. Valvoline Cummins colab with Mahindra and Mahindra. Motul to Supply MacLaren.

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

September 17, 2025

Slowing demand from some lubricant segments resulted in lengthening base oil supplies, diminishing support for a number ...

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Ingevity Reaches Deal to Sell Tall Oil Refinery

September 17, 2025

Ingevity has reached an agreement to sell its crude tall oil refinery in North Charleston, South Carolina, the latest in ...

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Fuchs and KCF Partner on Equipment Failures

September 17, 2025

Fuchs has partnered with KCF Technologies to help manufacturers reduce downtime and operating costs by addressing lubric ...

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Viskosil Wins Trademark Case Against Vistony

September 17, 2025

Peruvian lubricant supplier Viskosil Industries won a trademark infringement judgement last month against competitor Vis ...

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PSP Posts Jump in Profits

September 17, 2025

Despite a slight dip in revenues, Thai lubricant producer PSP Specialties reported a 37% jump in net profit for the firs ...

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U.S. Base Oil Output Weak During First Half

September 17, 2025

Oil refiners in the United States produced just 27.2 million barrels of base oil during the first six months of this yea ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

September 16, 2025

Many players from the international lubricants industry are attending the Lube Expo get-together this week in Dusseldorf ...

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Weekly Asia BAse Oil Pricing Reports

September 15, 2025

A demand slowdown in most countries and mounting supplies continued to define the base oils market in Asia this week, wi ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

September 10, 2025

Editor’s note: The price table below initially contained errors, which led us to remove and correct it. The table is n ...

ACFC Opens Hydraulic Fluid Blending Plant in Texas

ACFC Opens Hydraulic Fluid Blending Plant in Texas

September 10, 2025

America Clean Fuel Corp.’s new blending plant in New Caney, Texas, will begin operations in a month.

Blue Water Bids $10 Billion for Citgo

Blue Water Bids $10 Billion for Citgo

September 10, 2025

An acquisition company made the winning U.S.$10 billion bid for the beleaguered ex-Venezuelan refiner Citgo.

Protest at Lube Company Over Deadly Accident

Protest at Lube Company Over Deadly Accident

September 10, 2025

Labor organizations and social activists staged a protest outside a lubricant company where three workers were killed an ...

Chinese Boring Machines Demand High-quality Greases

Chinese Boring Machines Demand High-quality Greases

September 10, 2025

China’s expanding transportation infrastructure projects will boost demand for grease-consuming boring machines.

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

September 9, 2025

As the markets move into September, there appears to be an increasing level of activity across Europe, the Middle East a ...

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September 2025 Base Oil Report Video

September 8, 2025

Unfettered production and lackluster demand left U.S. base oil supply and demand in relaxed balance.

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Briefly Noted

September 8, 2025

The European Lubricating Grease Institute has appointed a new association management company to administer its ongoing w ...

What Gets Measured, Gets Improved

What Gets Measured, Gets Improved

September 4, 2025

An Operations Excellence Practitioner’s Perspective  Annual medical checkups are a common part of life these d ...