Base oil markets throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa are in a state of flux right now, with upward swings and movement on prices occurring e ...

European trade has improved slightly, lifting freights by a dollar or so on some routes. The American market has been steady, but with no significant ...

Valvoline launched an engine guarantee touting coverage up to 300,000 miles last week, encouraging use of its synthetic motor oil and driving customer ...

Evergreen Holdings, its engineering affiliate and a former employee have reached a settlement in a trade secrets case that underscores the value and i ...

Global mineral base oil capacity rose 1.4 percent over the past year, now topping 962,000 barrels per day, according to the 2009 Guide to Global Base ...

A towing vessel with 13 barges ran aground on the Ohio River near Owensboro, Kentucky, on Thursday, causing five barges to break loose and damaging on ...

Cognis Functional Products business unit on May 27 reported sales of 201 million (U.S. $283.8 million) for 2009s first quarter, down 16.1 percent from ...

News of price hikes ranging from 20 to 25 cents per gallon from Flint Hills Resources, Ergon, Cross Oil and San Joaquin Refining reached the market th ...

Base oil prices have started to rise throughout the EMEA region in line with other petroleum products, without the usual time lag between feedstock le ...

The long holiday weekend meant a quieter week in Europe, while the Americas enjoyed a reasonable spell of activity. Asias market remains overtonnaged, ...

Graham Packaging Co. plans to close its Levittown, Pa., plant, which manufactures HDPE containers for motor oils, on July 20. The company will lay off ...

Arizona Chemical will permanently close its Port St. Joe, Fla., tall oil plant in July, citing the global economic downturns continued impacts on cust ...

Nigeria has jettisoned its plan to ban the importation of aviation lubricants into the country, realizing that the country’s aviation lubricants ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – David Scheetz, president of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers for 2009-2010, sees opportunities to grow STLE ...

McHenry County, Ill., officials last week filed a lawsuit against lubricant and grease manufacturer Chemtool, alleging that a failing septic system is ...

Emery Oleochemicals is the new brand and company name for the fifty-fifty oleochemicals joint venture in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, between PTT Chemical ...

It initially appeared that the U.S. market was entering the early stages of the summer doldrums. But on Tuesday Chevron first grabbed the markets atte ...

New prices are filtering through to enquiries for spot business, but API Group I prices remain in a broad spread from $420 to $495 per metric ton basi ...

Even with the extended holiday weekend, European and Baltic markets saw enquiries over the past week, an encouraging sign. Elsewhere, the oversupply o ...

Global supply of API Group I base oils will shrink to just half of the worlds total over the next decade, down from about two-thirds today, but thanks ...