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The world breathed a sigh of relief this week as Iran and Israel agreed to a ceasefire in their one-sided 10-day war, after the United States bombed I ...

This week’s news is dominated by the spiraling conflict between Israel and Iran in the Middle East, which poses a long list of potential impacts on ...

One of the major headline topics being discussed around the lubricants industry at the moment is the impending sale of Castrol, currently under the co ...

Base oil prices this week are largely stable across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, but there are variations between regions. For example, demand ...

Prices for API Group I and Group II base oils appear stable and steady around Europe, the Middle East and Africa regions, with supply and demand evenl ...

Historically Russia and Iran have both been steady exporters of base oils, but recent reports indicate that exports from both countries have recently ...

Armed conflicts and tariffs continue to lead news around the world. This is a base oil pricing report, but ultimately these geopolitical occurrences h ...

Base oil markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa are a mixed bag right now, with demand trends differing for different grades and prices for ...

While the United States talks behind the scenes with countries seeking tariff-avoiding agreements, uncertainty weighs heavily on a long list of indust ...

European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets are reacting very differently to the threat of United States tariffs, with some markets going in ...

Base oils may be exempt from wide-ranging import tariffs imposed by the United States, but lubricant and base oil markets still stand to be impacted b ...

As the world reels from the United States’ April 2 announcement of tariffs against imports from most of the world, an amazing fact has emerged: Base ...

A degree of firmness has crept into base oil markets the past few weeks, apparently due both supply cuts caused by refinery maintenance programs and t ...

If business, including the lubricant and base oil industries, had hoped for quick resolutions to the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, they will ha ...

TotalEnergies opened an oil condition monitoring laboratory and closed out operations in Manilla.

It may be too early to say what will come of ceasefire talks over the war in Ukraine, but an end to the fighting could have great impact on base oil m ...

More than usual, energy markets and others are being roiled by a series of geopolitical events that are dominating global headlines – from trade war ...

The dust-up in Washington between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed how much things can change in a week, and impacts may be felt in base oi ...

Fuchs Group inaugurated its expanded production facility in South Africa after shelling out €26 million to add new equipment to existing facilities. ...

On the third anniversary of Russia’s latest invasion of Ukraine, with the United States roiling the Western alliance as it bids to end the war, the ...