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Supplies of Yubase 4 base oil are set to tighten in Europe after Repsol warned customers that it will be unable to supply the API Group III grade thro ...

Romania recorded the European Union’s steepest annual increase in prices for fuels and lubricants for personal transport in July, with the combined ...

Prices of in China API Group II 150N base oil rose in August, with the country’s price index for that grade increasing 138 points from July, accordi ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized temporary state management of oil refineries and other critical infrastructure damaged by Ukrainian dr ...

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August 25, 2026

Fuchs Opens Americas Technology Center in Massachusetts Fuchs has unveiled a new Americas Technology Center in Taunton, Massachusetts, expanding i ...

The Iranian war has become a prolonged impasse with each side making claims on successes in the ongoing operations, all of which are being disputed by ...

Global availability of base oils remained constrained because of reduced flows from the Middle East and the impossibility of getting shipments through ...

Exports of finished lubricants produced in the United States fell for the second month in a row in June after reaching their highest level of 2026 in ...

Calumet and Chevron joined several other base oil producers who communicated posted price increases in August. The markups were driven by a very tight ...

Clean Harbors has agreed to acquire environmental and waste management company EnviroServe for $470 million in cash, expanding its network of faciliti ...

The U.S. base oil market absorbed a major supply chain disruption during the first half of 2026 as the conflict with Iran almost halted Middle Eastern ...

German specialty additives company BYK opened a new plant in Shanghai with annual production capacity of 500 metric tons, adding flexible local manufa ...

In the Middle East, still no clear progress toward the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Statements continue that Iran is negotiating a deal with Oma ...

Electric vehicles and hybrids continued to gain ground across Europe in the first five months of 2026, as consumers increasingly turned away from petr ...

With the United States-Iran conflict largely unresolved, the war-related conditions that have caused so much turmoil in crude oil and base oil markets ...

According to reports, ExxonMobil and HF Sinclair announced posted price increases on the heels of several initiatives by other producers last week in ...

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August 12, 2026

New Sales Head at Pennine Pennine Lubricants has promoted Dale Fletcher to UK sales manager after more than eight years with the company. Dale join ...

Ukrainian drones struck Tatneft’s Taneco refinery in Nizhnekamsk, Russia, on Aug. 10. The attack was the latest in a campaign targeting an industria ...

Saudi Aramco Base Oil Co. Luberef posted first-half net income of 992 million Saudi riyals (U.S.$264.5 million), up 113% from 467 million riyals a yea ...

Vietnam’s lubricants market is being reshaped by rapid growth in passenger vehicles, electric vehicles and industrial activity, while motorcycles re ...