Market Topics

Most suppliers seemed to agree that domestic demand has been holding at fairly steady levels but has not been robust, with consumers securing smaller ...

Ukrainian drones struck Rosneft’s Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery on the night of Oct. 18–19, according to a statement from the General Staff of the ...

SK Enmove entered into a joint venture with auto parts maker Gabriel India to distribute the Korean company’s range of automotive lubricants and ...

The scheduling of a second peace summit between the leaders of the United States and Russia – this time possibly joined by their Ukraine counterpart ...

Business was proceeding at anticipated levels for October, with key markets such as India expected to slow down for week-long religious holidays and o ...

China’s automotive lubricant market is experiencing a sharp contraction as new energy vehicles gain ground, according to a recent report by Sinolub. ...

Fundamentals in the base oils market varied according to each category, with a tighter supply and demand scenario for some of the API Group I and Grou ...

The main news surrounding European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets was Monday’s signing of a peace accord for Gaza, brokered by United ...

Ex-New Jersey governor Chris Christie slammed President Donald Trump’s trade and foreign policies at ILMA

The Verification of Lubricant Specifications began an investigation and issued a warning regarding engine oils that claim to meet the Stellantis FPW 9 ...

Career Moves

October 7, 2025

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Base oil demand has generally been positive heading into the fourth quarter, when trading traditionally slows. A number of arbitrages are open, some i ...

October Base Oil Report

September 26, 2025

Demand appears set to decline and inventories to grow, as Gabriela Wheeler explains.

The just-completed expansion of ExxonMobil’s base oil plant on Singapore’s Jurong Island makes it the largest such facility in the world – by fa ...

Mexican authorities have launched an investigation into customs offices nationwide over allegations that imported fuel was being misdeclared as lubric ...

ExxonMobil has completed the most recent expansion of its API Group II base oil plant on Singapore’s Jurong Island.

TRA published a Statement of Essential Facts concerning the ongoing investigation into product dumping.

Liqui Moly starts production in Thailand, a company first.

As the calendar passed the autumn equinox this week, marking when  the sun’s path moves from the Northern to the Southern Hemisphere, base oil mark ...

Ingevity has reached an agreement to sell its crude tall oil refinery in North Charleston, South Carolina, the latest in a series of restructuring ste ...