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Police in India’s Odisha state have arrested four people in connection with an alleged operation manufacturing and supplying counterfeit lubricants ...

The supply and demand balance in the API Group III segment remained extremely tight, while crude oil and feedstock prices moved up, prompting SK Enmov ...

Briefly Noted

September 8, 2026

IPAC Jurong New Facility International Petroleum Products & Additives Co. opened a new manufacturing plant on Singapore’s Jurong Island, expa ...

United States envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner revived separate talks last weekend with Russian and Ukrainian presidents Vladimir Putin and Volo ...

Naugalube® APAN S from LANXESS, one of the world’s leading antioxidant suppliers, is an advanced liquid aminic antioxidant perfectly suited to high ...

Slicker Recycling’s Mark Olpin makes a case for stepping up used oil rerefining in the United Kingdom.

Silicone base stocks are attracting new attention for greases, partly because of developments in thickener technology and the press for PFAS-free prod ...

The decision to close its Petro-Canada base oil plant will turn H.F. Sinclair’s lubricants and specialties business from a manufacturer to distribut ...

The global supply crisis has put base oil distributors in difficult positions.

Why Routes to Market Matter

September 7, 2026

Strategic decisions about how and where to supply finished products can greatly affect a company’s success.

September Base Oil Report

September 7, 2026

Gabriela Wheeler looks hard for good news in the base oil market.

Richful Lube Additive Co. Ltd. earned a healthy profit in the first six months of 2026 thanks to increased demand from Chinese lubricant manufacturers ...

Mounting supplies and wavering demand continued to place downward pressure on API Group I and Group II prices in Asia, but the trend was tempered by o ...

With the API Group III base oil segment seeing little relief in terms of supply levels, it was not surprising that yet another producer implemented a ...

A federal district court has upheld Oregon’s packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) law against a constitutional challenge brought by the ...

D-A Lubricant Co. plans to invest $17 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Lebanon, Indiana, adding a 115,000-square-foot facility and ne ...

Canadian rerefiner ReGen III Corp. said its chief operating officer, Tom Lawlor, has left the company, effective Monday. ReGen did not give a reason f ...

The lubricant industry is evolving rapidly, driven by increasing performance requirements, stricter regulations, and growing expectations for sustaina ...

Briefly Noted

September 2, 2026

Colonial Group to Acquire Foster Fuels Colonial Group Inc. has agreed to acquire Foster Fuels, bringing the Virginia-based fuel and energy services ...

A new 50% U.S. tariff on selected imported Canadian goods has taken effect, adding costs for lubricant manufacturers, according to the Independent Lub ...