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India’s specialty-oil producers showed strong momentum in the first half of 2026, as healthy demand, improved pricing and diversified product portfo ...

The Strait of Hormuz crisis highlighted the value of used oil as a domestic resource, prompting countries such as Japan and Australia to rely more hea ...

Briefly Noted

July 28, 2026

More Growth for Fuchs Fuchs China opened a new specialty lubricant plant in Wujiang, Suzhou, on July 16, expanding its local production capacity fo ...

United States President Donald Trump ordered a cessation over the weekend to the bombing program going on against Iran the past couple weeks. Counter ...

German lubricant maker Fuchs SE increased its profit forecast for 2026 after reporting stronger-than-expected preliminary results for the first half o ...

The Strait of Hormuz remained effectively closed despite a pause in hostilities between the United States and Iran. Further disruptions could be trigg ...

New passenger car registrations in the European Union rose 5.7% in the first half of 2026 as demand for electrified vehicles continued to grow despite ...

Intensifying hostilities between the United States and Iran and the renewed closing of the Strait of Hormuz continued to disrupt crude oil and refined ...

In Memoriam George Gill

July 22, 2026

LNG Publishing Co. is deeply saddened to report the recent death of former editor George Gill. He died at his home in Springfield, Virginia, at the ag ...

China’s revised national standard for transformer oil, GB 2536-2025, Unused Mineral Insulating Oil for Electrical Fluids, Transformers, and Switchge ...

Penthol, the U.S. distributor of Adnoc’s API Group III+ base oil, has declared force majeure on contract commitments after U.S. attacks on Iran ...

Chinese base oil producers are increasingly looking to export material as expanding domestic production reduces the country’s reliance on import ...

The past week saw a ramp up of strikes and counterstrikes between the United States and Iran, primarily directed toward the opening of the Strait of H ...

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July 20, 2026

Fuchs Sets Up New Lab in UK Fuchs Lubricants (UK) plc opened a new quality control laboratory at its manufacturing site in Stoke-on-Trent as part o ...

Escalating hostilities between the United States and Iran threw base oil markets into turmoil again given increased concerns about product availabilit ...

Renewed U.S. strikes on Iranian military targets and continued attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz are again rattling base oil and ...

The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) has warned that proposed changes to U.S. federal research grant rules could disrupt tribo ...

With the Strait of Hormuz once again effectively closed to vessel traffic, the chances that fresh crude oil and base oil shipments would be able to le ...

Shell has completed the sale of its Jiffy Lube business in the United States to an affiliate of Monomoy Capital Partners for U.S.$1.3 billion, while r ...

Japanese lubricant manufacturers continue to limit supply while the country develops alternatives to crude oil stranded in the Persian Gulf, according ...