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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

September 17, 2025

Slowing demand from some lubricant segments resulted in lengthening base oil supplies, diminishing support for a number ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

September 10, 2025

Editor’s note: The price table below initially contained errors, which led us to remove and correct it. The table is n ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

August 28, 2025

Some market discussions centered on the devastating explosion and fire that occurred at Smitty’s Supply Inc.’s blend ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

August 20, 2025

The summer driving season in the United States is about to reach its denouement, and this dampened motor oil consumption ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

August 13, 2025

While domestic base oil prices were mostly stable, spot export indications for some grades have slipped on account of gr ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

July 30, 2025

With supply and demand conditions showing little change over the week, base oil prices were generally reported as stable ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

July 23, 2025

The base oils market seems to have slipped into a summer slumber, with demand described as steady, but not particularly ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

July 16, 2025

With the summer driving season underway and base oil demand beginning to decline as the peak lubricant production cycle ...

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Metalub Opens Costa Rica Rerefinery

June 19, 2024

A Costa Rican lubricant company this week opened what it claims to be the first waste lubricant refinery in Central Amer ...

Terpel Posts Higher Earnings

Terpel Posts Higher Earnings

June 5, 2024

Colombian oil and gas company Terpel reported that its lubricant segment posted increases in gross profit for the first ...

Profits Soar for Terpel

Profits Soar for Terpel

March 27, 2024

Colombian oil and gas company Terpel reported large increases in gross profit for its lubricants segment both for 2023 a ...

Terpel’s Q1 Profits Grew in Colombia, Peru

Terpel’s Q1 Profits Grew in Colombia, Peru

May 24, 2023

The lubricant segment of Colombian oil and gas company Terpel attained large increases in gross profit in the first quar ...

Base Stock Production in Latin America

Base Stock Production in Latin America

February 1, 2023

Might Latin America be on the cusp of increased base oil production capacity, or will its output dwindle in the coming y ...

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Oil & Politics

February 14, 2020

Latin American countries have been dealing with their share of political turmoil in recent years. Is the unrest suppress ...

Car Sales Mixed in Latin America

Car Sales Mixed in Latin America

February 5, 2020

Vehicle sales for last year were up in Brazil and Colombia but down in Mexico, Argentina and Chile, according to data fr ...

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Sol Shutters Jamaica Distributorship

June 19, 2019

Sol Petroleum Jamaica Ltd., a subsidiary of a Shell lubricants macro distributor, will shut down its lubricants business ...

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New Vehicles Reshape Latin Americas Market

January 3, 2018

Many of the automotive engine oil trends that are swaying markets globally - the drive for greater fuel economy, extende ...