North America

What happens beyond the crisis? The impact on the markets could last well beyond the end of the conflict. In the webinar, we discussed the lasting imp ...

Oleon opened a new esterification facility at its Conroe, Texas, site to expand North American production of specialty esters for lubricants, oil and ...

The Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association said the American Petroleum Institute’s latest extension to emergency provisional licensing show ...

The world may — or may not — soon have a regulation prodding the shipping industry to use cleaner fuels. Depending on the alternatives it chooses, ...

Lube producers looking for alternative Group III sources found that other suppliers were already sold out. Rerefined base oils might have offered a ne ...

Fuchs’ growth through acquisition and organic expansion spans 95 years.

ABN Resource’s 2026 lubricant industry talent report reveals mixed feelings for workers: high job satisfaction but openness to new opportunities; go ...

With the conflict in the Middle East stretching supply chains and causing significant disruption and uncertainty across the lubricants market, working ...

The base oil crisis will lead lubricant manufacturers to work in a variety of ways to make supply chains more resilient. Their steps generally will in ...

October Base Oil Report

October 5, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz remained mostly closed to ship traffic, continuing to cause upheaval to the base oil market. Gabriela Wheeler likens the situatio ...

Global economic growth, population trends, emissions standards and changing lubricant requirements will continue to shape base oil demand and the choi ...

Silicone base stocks are attracting new attention for greases, partly because of developments in thickener technology and the press for PFAS-free prod ...

The decision to close its Petro-Canada base oil plant will turn H.F. Sinclair’s lubricants and specialties business from a manufacturer to distribut ...

Why Routes to Market Matter

September 7, 2026

Strategic decisions about how and where to supply finished products can greatly affect a company’s success.

September Base Oil Report

September 7, 2026

Gabriela Wheeler looks hard for good news in the base oil market.

A federal district court has upheld Oregon’s packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) law against a constitutional challenge brought by the ...

D-A Lubricant Co. plans to invest $17 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Lebanon, Indiana, adding a 115,000-square-foot facility and ne ...

Canadian rerefiner ReGen III Corp. said its chief operating officer, Tom Lawlor, has left the company, effective Monday. ReGen did not give a reason f ...

A new 50% U.S. tariff on selected imported Canadian goods has taken effect, adding costs for lubricant manufacturers, according to the Independent Lub ...