Demand for motorcycle engine oil will grow faster than any other finished lubricant over the next five years.

The summer driving season in the United States is about to reach its denouement, and this dampened motor oil consumption as the peak oil changing peri ...

The dominant news last week was a forecast by the International Energy Agency that global crude oil markets will be in oversupply during the next twel ...

Scorching temperatures in many parts of Asia contrasted with easing base oil demand and cooling prices of several grades. Torrential rains and deadly ...

While domestic base oil prices were mostly stable, spot export indications for some grades have slipped on account of growing supplies and producers� ...

TotalEnergies has launched Quartz engine oils in India meeting API SQ and ILSAC GF-7 specifications, the first in the country to do so. Introduced Aug ...

CPC finished the expansion of its Belgian low-viscosity PAO unit, nearly doubling capacity.

Tupras, Turkey’s sole producer of virgin API Group I base oils, reported second-quarter earnings ahead of forecasts, supported by stronger productio ...

A construction and tourism boom and a rapidly expanding vehicle fleet are beefing up finished lubricant demand in Saudi Arabia but stiff competition a ...

Ukrainian drones damaged stalled base oil production at Rosneft's Novokuibyshevsk refinery.

A sprinkler truck in Cangzhou, China has become the country’s first hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicle to enter operational service.

Chevron Phillips Chemical has finished expanding its low-viscosity polyalphaolefins production facility in Belgium, more than doubling annual capacit ...

European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets are largely subdued, with many players missing from offices due to holidays in Europe and Middle ...

With base oil demand starting to show definitive signs of slowing and supply growing as turnarounds have been completed, it was no surprise to see som ...

The Southeast Asian nation is bringing more rerefining capacity online.

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China’s civil aviation authority last month issued a certificate of approval to Sinopec AEH I fire-resistant phosphate ester aviation hydraulic flui ...

The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers announced Monday that it postponed its 2025 STLE Tribology Frontiers Conference, citing uncertai ...

Ongoing economic and geopolitical uncertainty, and weak industrial activity in Europe, pushed Fuchs to revise its full-year outlook.

A majority of base oil grades have attained more balanced supply and demand conditions, supporting stable pricing, but a few cuts have started to leng ...