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

The chances of the Strait of Hormuz reopening soon are becoming slimmer, as negotiations between the United States and Iran have devolved into both si ...

The Middle East situation becomes less clear as each week passes, thanks to conflicting information issuing from Washington and Tehran.

Participants in a Lubes’n’Greases webinar discussed how fall-out from the war between the United States, Israel and Iran has roiled base oil marke ...

Evolving performance standards for passenger car engine oils have narrowed formulator base stock options, making base oil supply more vulnerable to ge ...

Incorrect conclusions and lack of understanding lead the power generation industry to blame Group II base stocks for increasing oil deposits in power ...

Have Engine Oils Become Too Thin? Automobile and lubricant industries in North America have begun the process to develop an engine

August Base Oil Report

August 10, 2026

The Light at the End of the Tunnel Will the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran hold? Will crude oil and base oil shipments from t ...

China-based Richful Lube Additive Co. Ltd. was in the midst of a large global expansion. Then the European Union sanctioned the company for allegedly ...

With crude oil supply uncertainties and Middle East shipping disruptions still plaguing the market, API Group I spot trading was almost at a standstil ...

Motiva, SK Enmove and Avista Oil announced posted price increases, driven by tight global availability of Group II+ and Group III base oils and recent ...

Briefly Noted

August 5, 2026

New Offroad Transmission Fluid from Total TotalEnergies has launched Dynatrans AGC, a universal tractor transmission oil developed for modern agric ...

A fire severely damaged the Alhamrani Fuchs Petroleum Saudi-Arabia lubricant plant in Yanbu Industrial City on July 25, forcing production to stop and ...

China is increasing exports of API Group II and Group III base oils into Asian markets after a decade of capacity growth increased domestic supply, ac ...

SK Enmove and HF Sinclair’s Lubricants & Specialties segment have signed long-term agreements covering the supply and distribution of API Gr ...

Chevron Products Company will expand its North American base oils distribution network through new agreements with HF Sinclair and Renkert Oil, broade ...

With the Iran war entering its sixth month, Donald Trump has again backed off from weekend attacks on Iran, which he had warned would be “fearsom ...

The exchange of military attacks between the United States and Iran was paused, at least temporarily, as U.S. president Donald Trump — urged by Saud ...

HF Sinclair Corp. plans to separate its Lubricants & Specialties business into an independent publicly traded company while retiring its base oil ...

Refineries along the Gulf of Mexico were largely unaffected by Tropical Storm Bertha, which first made landfall in southern Louisiana on Wednesday, Ju ...