Price activity shifted to the naphthenic base oils side this week, as San Joaquin Refining announced a price increase for its light grades, while othe ...

This week brings firmer crude and product prices, which are occurring in response to the heightened activity in the Iran conflict. United States Pres ...

The supply and demand balance in the API Group III segment remained extremely tight, while crude oil and feedstock prices moved up, prompting SK Enmov ...

United States envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner revived separate talks last weekend with Russian and Ukrainian presidents Vladimir Putin and Volo ...

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Slicker Recycling’s Mark Olpin makes a case for stepping up used oil rerefining in the United Kingdom.

The decision to close its Petro-Canada base oil plant will turn H.F. Sinclair’s lubricants and specialties business from a manufacturer to distribut ...

The global supply crisis has put base oil distributors in difficult positions.

Strategic decisions about how and where to supply finished products can greatly affect a company’s success.

Gabriela Wheeler looks hard for good news in the base oil market.

With the API Group III base oil segment seeing little relief in terms of supply levels, it was not surprising that yet another producer implemented a ...

The Strait of Hormuz, the lynchpin to many global base oil markets, remains closed to all but a handful of vessels deemed “friendly” by the Islami ...

Base oil spot values in Asia have reached a turning point in that prices for most grades—with the exception of API Group III cuts and bright stock� ...

Excel Paralubes communicated a posted price increase, following similar initiatives by other base oil producers since the beginning of the month. The ...

The Iranian war has become a prolonged impasse with each side making claims on successes in the ongoing operations, all of which are being disputed by ...

Global availability of base oils remained constrained because of reduced flows from the Middle East and the impossibility of getting shipments through ...

Calumet and Chevron joined several other base oil producers who communicated posted price increases in August. The markups were driven by a very tight ...

In the Middle East, still no clear progress toward the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Statements continue that Iran is negotiating a deal with Oma ...

With the United States-Iran conflict largely unresolved, the war-related conditions that have caused so much turmoil in crude oil and base oil markets ...