United States base oil production declined 8% in November, compared to the same month last year. November’s output totaled 4.3 million barrels, comp ...

Italian refiner Eni stated Monday that the base oil plant at its Livorno, Italy, fuels refinery will close permanently when the site converts to refin ...

TotalEnergies and waste management firm Veolia have formed a partnership to recycle used automotive lubricant containers in the United Arab Emirates. ...

The Middle East situation intensified further the past week as the United States directly accused Iran of being responsible for proxy attacks in Jorda ...

Shell last week announced plans to convert a fuels refinery in Wesseling, Germany, to produce API Group III base oils. The company will cease fuels pr ...

Japan's Moresco reported an 8% rise in specialty lubricant sales and a 31% decline in synthetic lubricant sales for the nine months ending Nov. 30. Fa ...

Fuchs Lubricants China Ltd. recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Anhui Zhongding Intelligent Thermal Management Systems Co. for a lo ...

India’s state-owned oil marketing company Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. has hired a consultant to advise on a spin-off of its lubricants business t ...

Base oil demand remained generally sluggish in Asia, with suppliers finding difficulties in explaining the reasons for the lack of vitality. Some attr ...

Kano Laboratories, which manufactures penetrating oils, announced on Monday the acquisition of Synco Chemical Corp. and its line of synthetic food gre ...

While recession fears seemed to have subsided in the United States, economic uncertainties and ongoing geopolitical conflicts appeared to be still imp ...

New automobile registrations in Brazil jumped 11% last year, with increases for both imports and domestically produced vehicles. The total for both ve ...

Base oil production in Brazil was down again in December, closing out a year in which output dropped 11% compared to 2022. The country’s three base ...

The United States last month gave regulators new authority to target domestic and international institutions involved in evading bans on exports to Ru ...

Passenger car registrations in the European Union rose 14% to 10.5 million units in 2023, despite December marking the first month of contraction afte ...

Solvay last month completed the spin-off of its specialty chemicals business, which has been named Syensqo and supplies a range of lubricant additives ...

The effects of ships avoiding the Red Sea are becoming more apparent as the days go by, with governments and operating companies realizing the complic ...

South Korea’s base oil export volume jumped 27% in December, and the declared value of the oils exported was up 29%, according to government data re ...

Sinopec’s finished lubricant arm has completed the main parts of the first phase of an expansion and upgrade of its factory in Tianjin, China – a ...

Uzbekistan’s refiner and base oil marketer Saneg revamped API Group I base oil production at its Fergana refinery with catalysts provided by the Dan ...