BP Plc launched the sale of its Castrol lubricants division, a potential U.S.$10 billion transaction.

The Asian base oils market has entered a more restrained demand period because of seasonal events such as the monsoons in parts of Southeast Asia and ...

Some paraffinic and naphthenic base oil prices have dipped. Gabriela Wheeler explains why. Join Base Oils Editor Gabriela Wheeler and Managing Edit ...

Fundamentals were relatively stable for base oils and lubricants as the summer driving season unofficially got underway on Memorial Day, May 26 – in ...

Specialty chemical company Pilot Chemical and low-crabon base oil company Novvi entered into an exclusive partnership to introduce biobased alpha olef ...

Europe’s oleochemicals industry is urging lawmakers in Brussels to widen the scope of the European Union Deforestation Regulation.

Operations at the joint BASF-Sinopec ethanolamines plant in Nanjing are expected to resume at the end of May.

The space industry is burgeoning, and it offers opportunities to tribologists and lubrication researchers who want to play a role in humanity’s expl ...

Fuchs Petrolub SE, the German lubricants manufacturer, is investing more than 220 million Brazilian real (U.S.$39 million) to construct a blending fac ...

A supermarket magnate acquired a strategic equity stake in Duckhams, the 125-year-old British lubricants brand.

Prices for API Group I and Group II base oils appear stable and steady around Europe, the Middle East and Africa regions, with supply and demand evenl ...

Base oil prices were mixed because of slowing demand from some segments – a trend that was partly offset by curtailed availability due to plant turn ...

Russia’s domestic grease market is still lucrative despite sanctions and escalating raw materials costs.

Paraffinic base oil prices were mostly stable with activity levels ticking up ahead of the Memorial Day weekend on May 26, which marks the start of th ...

Lubricant exporters in the United Arab Emirates and U.K. importers of their goods face tariffs on their products more than double those applied to com ...

From June 2, 2025, or when contracts permit, Dutch white oils and wax company Sonneborn will raise prices by up to 10%. The company sai ...

OQ Chemicals has changed its name back to Oxea, following its acquisition by two investment firms.

Phillips 66 announced it will relinquish a 65% stake in its fuel retail operations in Germany and Austria, part of a push to streamline operations and ...

Historically Russia and Iran have both been steady exporters of base oils, but recent reports indicate that exports from both countries have recently ...

The price of some base oil grades was firm in Asia because of tight supply and demand conditions, while others were standing on more precarious ground ...