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ABN Resource’s DEI survey reveals a lubricants industry that is deeply divided on this hot-button subject.

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July Base Oil Report

July 1, 2026

No end in sight to the chaos in the Gulf.

While the number of vessels allowed to transit the Strait of Hormuz has increased, a recent artillery strike by Iran on a commercial ship and the Unit ...

Motorists are lining up at gasoline stations in Moscow and many other Russian cities as Ukraine’s sustained drone and rocket attacks on oil infrastr ...

Australia offers opportunities for lubricant blenders with different business models, according to an industry expert.

Briefly Noted

July 1, 2026

Cerilon Inks Technology for Project Canadian start-up Cerilon announced agreements securing multiple technologies for the gas-to-liquids project it ...

Liqui Moly will establish its 10th overseas subsidiary this summer with the launch of Liqui Moly Shanghai, the German lubricant manufacturer said, as ...

The Middle East situation becomes less clear by the day, with claims and counter claims from U.S. and Iran during the negotiations which appear to be ...

The ceasefire between the United States and Iran remained in limbo amid renewed military hostilities between the two countries, following an Iranian a ...

Vertex Energy Inc. plans to add 6,000 barrels per day of virgin API Group III base oil capacity at its refinery in Mobile, Alabama, with startup targe ...

Join Base Oils Editor Gabriela Wheeler and Executive Editor Tim Sullivan as they discuss this month’s Base Oil Report. The current upheaval of base ...

The memorandum of understanding signed by the United States and Iran over the weekend ignited renewed hopes that ongoing hostilities in the Middle Eas ...

Briefly Noted

June 24, 2026

Rowe Beefs Up Sales and Marketing Team Rowe has appointed Thomas Papez as senior vice president of global sales and marketing and a member of its m ...

The European Commission has unconditionally approved Stonepeak Partners LP’s acquisition of a controlling stake in Castrol, clearing a key regulator ...

A cartel of South Korean industrial lubricant suppliers colluded to raise prices and rig bids during periods of market turmoil, including the COVID-19 ...

The on-off peace negotiations between U.S. and Iran appear to continue in Switzerland, although there have been walk-outs from the Tehran contingent f ...

Olin Corp. and Huntsman Corp. are merging to create a chemicals producer with roughly U.S.$12.5 billion in annual revenue and a broader footprint acro ...