British oil major Shell’s plans to convert a hydrocracker at its Wesseling, Germany, refinery into a production unit for API Group III base oil now ...

As base oil markets settle down following the summer break, pricing is becoming more varied depending on base oil type and, ultimately, availability a ...

With base oil market players returning to work last week, there was buyer interest in all types of oils. Many buyers were looking for quantities of AP ...

Base oil markets seemed to reopen for business this week as your columnist was bombarded Monday with calls, messages and emails – from early morning ...

Even as base oil trading began returning to normal at the end to the summer holiday season, the wars in Gaza and Ukraine escalated, ramping up worries ...

Domestic deliveries of finished lubricants in Germany fell 32% in May, compared to the same month last year, according to new data from the Federal Of ...

U.K.-based lubricant company Morris Lubricants upgraded its production plant in Shrewsbury, the first step in a long-term investment plan, with more i ...

With August well and truly underway, many players from the base oil industry are absent, possibly for another 10-14 days of holidays.

Moving into the second week of August, the holiday month, base oil markets are exceptionally quiet with many key players missing from offices and desk ...

Markets around the Middle East – including base oil markets – are on as Israel prepares defenses against what is predicted to be a massive revenge ...

ATC explains its stance on the proposed EU Harmonized Classification and Labelling for C4:C8 and C9 substituted diphenylamine antioxidants.

Base oil production in Germany rose a scant half percentage point year on year to 148,848 metric tons in April, while imports jumped 10% to 78,341 ton ...

As base oil markets cool across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, many players have already left their desks, recognizing that some employees will h ...

Cyprus sold 111 metric tons of lubricants from filling stations dotted around the southern part of the island in June.

Variations in buying attitudes are developing between different segments of base oil markets, as attitudes in some cases are tempered by availabilitie ...

Volkswagen and BMW may be able to persuade the European Commission to lower tariffs on the electric vehicles they make in China and import into Europ ...

It hardly seems likely that an assassination attempt on Donald Trump could affect base oil markets in the EMEA regions, but indirectly, Saturday’s e ...

It hardly seems likely that an assassination attempt on Donald Trump could affect base oil markets in the EMEA regions, but indirectly, Saturday’s e ...

Base oil markets had a rare quiet week – partly because some players attended industry conferences while others took early holidays.

Base oil prices are mainly holding firm throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as supply pressures keep values higher than what would generall ...