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Ukrainian long-range drones struck Gazprom Neft’s Omsk refinery on Monday, disrupting production at Russia’s largest API Group II and III ...

Companies linked to German businessman Juri Sudheimer supplied lubricants to Russia for more than a year after the start of Russia’s invasion of ...

Valvoline Global will remove Dexos approval labeling from certain Full Synthetic Motor Oil products sold in bulk, tote and drum containers across the ...

With a tenuous ceasefire between the United States and Iran keeping crude oil analysts on edge and oil prices trading within a narrow range, the focus ...

The disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has fractured the global base oil market, leaving Europe scrambling for scarce Group III suppl ...

The conflict between the United States and Iran has had a devastating effect on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, transforming the global base oi ...

First article in a two-part series from Ernie Henderson examining the history that made base oil markets vulnerable to geopolitical conflict.

Turning the ever-growing mountain of discarded clothing into thickeners.

ABN Resource’s DEI survey reveals a lubricants industry that is deeply divided on this hot-button subject.

New mobility is more than just batteries and software.

As demand declines, pressure on formulators is increasing.

July Base Oil Report

July 1, 2026

No end in sight to the chaos in the Gulf.

Motorists are lining up at gasoline stations in Moscow and many other Russian cities as Ukraine’s sustained drone and rocket attacks on oil infrastr ...

Australia offers opportunities for lubricant blenders with different business models, according to an industry expert.

Liqui Moly will establish its 10th overseas subsidiary this summer with the launch of Liqui Moly Shanghai, the German lubricant manufacturer said, as ...

The ceasefire between the United States and Iran remained in limbo amid renewed military hostilities between the two countries, following an Iranian a ...

Vertex Energy Inc. plans to add 6,000 barrels per day of virgin API Group III base oil capacity at its refinery in Mobile, Alabama, with startup targe ...

Join Base Oils Editor Gabriela Wheeler and Executive Editor Tim Sullivan as they discuss this month’s Base Oil Report. The current upheaval of base ...

The memorandum of understanding signed by the United States and Iran over the weekend ignited renewed hopes that ongoing hostilities in the Middle Eas ...