Egyptian researchers reported developing a grease made with base stock from the jojoba plant and nano chemical additives from banana peel waste. Jojob ...

Base oil markets remain very quiet, but activity could pick up this week as many players come back into circulation. The exception is that anyone invo ...

As markets close for the festive season, and more and more players are missing from desks and offices, the major talking point in the base oil industr ...

Last week saw a stand-off in European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets, with buyers stating firmly that they did not have any requirements ...

If possible, base oil trade across Europe, the Middle East and Africa is slowing even more. Demand is disappearing from all sectors of the industry, w ...

Fuchs Lubricants announced it is investing 218 million rand (U.S. $11.4 million) in the second phase of an expansion that will increase production cap ...

Base oil prices are weakening throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa as trading activity slows ahead of the year end. December has been forecas ...

Demand for all types of base oil has been falling the past week across Europe, the Middle East and Africa – especially for API Group I oils. In ligh ...

Global news continues to be dominated by warring in Gaza and Ukraine, where innocent civilians are not only being killed and wounded but also face sho ...

The war between Israel and Hamas continues to have a destabilizing effect on energy markets, creating uncertainty for base oil markets throughout Euro ...

Among Nigerian blenders, Conoil reported a steep decline in gross profit on lower sales for its lubricants segment, while MRS Oil’s lubricants segme ...

The increasing hostilities in and around the Gaza Strip are severely disrupting base oil supply lines in the area, and lubricant blending operations i ...

Israel’s campaign in the Palestinian territories ramped up the past week, stoking fears that the fighting could spread into a wider conflict involvi ...

The armed conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are at different stages, but both are helping to push up crude oil prices. As long as they continue ...

Crude and feedstocks rallied early this week, with dated deliveries of Brent crude breaching the $90 level Monday, putting on around $3 from last week ...

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. reported a 15% bump in lubricant sales for the fiscal year ended March 31, boosted by a 20% rise in sales to the Middle ...

Europe’s finished automotive and lubricant demand is forecast to decrease at a compound annual rate of 0.1% to 2032, hindered by the Ukraine-Russia ...

Crude oil markets confounded nearly all forecasts last week, as prices took a surprising dive that saw dated deliveries of Brent crude sink below $80 ...

Base oil markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are anticipating increased demand for finished lubricants in the fourth quarter and therefore a ...

Fundamentals remain strong for base oils and base oil pricing, although crude oil and petroleum products have come off their recent highs, showing tha ...