Sara Lefcourt provides tips on how to plan for pandemics and other emergencies.

Fog and floods are regular disruptors to barges carrying base oils on rivers. Suppliers and buyers can take steps to minimize impacts, though not to ...

The Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association is reaching out to members and governments to inform them that lube blenders are considered essent ...

The Covid-19 outbreak is proving to be the most disruptive event for the base oils and refining industry since the Great Recession of 2008, causing re ...

Castrol India and Gulf Oil Lubricants India each temporarily closed its lubricant plants as the government tries to stop the spread of the deadly coro ...

Flooding remains a significant disruptor of barge traffic of base oil on U.S. rivers, and it could worsen in coming years without increased investment ...

Lithium supplier Livent Corp. suspended operations at its two Argentinian facilities this week in accordance with a national mandatory quarantine aime ...

Hurricanes justifiably cause much consternation for Gulf Coast base oil refiners and their customers, but fog is a bigger disruptor, settling in more ...

The economic wrecking ball that is the coronavirus went into full swing this week when it sent the price of crude oil back to 1991 and pounded stock m ...

More than four months after fire struck a Lubrizol Corp. additive plant in Rouen, France, flames of distrust are still burning towards the company and ...

A regional governing body in France authorized Lubrizol last week to resume some operations at its Rouen lubricant additive plant, which has been side ...

A month after a blaze roared through two Lubrizol warehouses in Rouen, France, the company is still working to reopen its manufacturing facility there ...

Officials at Neste Corp. said base oil production at the companys refinery in Porvoo, Finland, was not affected by a major disruption in the companys ...

Environmental impact testing following a Sept. 26 fire at Lubrizol Corp.s plant in Rouen, France, has found no abnormal levels of contaminants in the ...

Lubrizol Corp. said Monday that it does not yet have a timetable for the reopening of its lubricant additive factory in Rouen, France, following a fir ...

The Houston ship channel reopened yesterday, returning to full operations for the first time since a fire at Intercontinental Terminal Co.s Deer Park, ...

Flooding along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers has forced Midwest lubricant companies to fall back on contingency plans for shipping as railways b ...

Traffic through the Houston Ship Channel remains backlogged following a three day chemical fire at Intercontinental Terminal Co.s Deer Park, Texas, te ...

Kraton Corp. last month lifted its force majeure declaration for its North American tall oil fatty acid and distilled tall oil product lines. The comp ...

Oxea lifted the force majeure declaration for products from its plant in Oberhausen, Germany, where production units are running at normal capacity ag ...