North America

Axel Royal Back in Operation After Fire
Tulsa, Oklahoma, home to grease manufacturer Axel Royal.

Axel Royal Back in Operation After Fire

November 27, 2024

An investigation is ongoing into the cause of a fire at Axel Royal’s Tulsa factory last Tuesday. The blaze sent plumes ...

ReGen III Secures More Funding

ReGen III Secures More Funding

November 27, 2024

Waste oil rerefiner ReGen III aims to be the world’s largest producer of regenerated API Group III base oil when the ...

Clean Harbors Ups Collection Fees

Clean Harbors Ups Collection Fees

November 13, 2024

Clean Harbors Inc. warned customers that it has “significantly” raised waste oil collection fees to offset depressed ...

Motul Buys Metalworking Fluid Firm

Motul Buys Metalworking Fluid Firm

October 30, 2024

French performance lubricant company Motul has acquired Chem Arrow Corp., a move aimed at expanding its market reach and ...

U.S. Base Oil Production Up in July

U.S. Base Oil Production Up in July

October 23, 2024

United States refiners produced 5 million barrels of base oil in July as this year’s output continued to run ahead of ...

Norac Builds Esterification Line  

Norac Builds Esterification Line  

October 16, 2024

Norac Additives broke ground on a new esterification line at its production site in Helena, Arkansas, giving German pare ...

Court Battle for Citgo Goes On

Court Battle for Citgo Goes On

October 9, 2024

Amber Energy Inc. made the successful bid for Citgo, the formerly Venezuelan refiner.

Recycler Vertex Files for Bankruptcy

Recycler Vertex Files for Bankruptcy

October 2, 2024

Vertex Energy Inc., a renewable fuels and environmental services company, filed for bankruptcy last week after its attem ...

The Evolving Role of the Lubricant in the Americas

The Evolving Role of the Lubricant in the Americas

September 27, 2024

Lubrizol’s Keith Corkwell explains how forging meaningful partnerships across the value chain and leveraging new techn ...

Stanley Oil Files For Bankruptcy

Stanley Oil Files For Bankruptcy

September 25, 2024

American lubricant distributor Stanley Oil & Lubricants filed for Chapter 11 protection after a prolonged dispute ov ...

RelaDyne Expands in Latin America

RelaDyne Expands in Latin America

September 25, 2024

RelaDyne acquired Oil Flush, an industrial lubrication service provider based in Chihuahua, Mexico. The acquisition furt ...

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U.S. Base Oil Output Rose in June

September 25, 2024

Base oil production in the United States rose 12% in June, year on year, as this year’s output continued to run ahead ...

U.S. Base Oil Output Flat in May

U.S. Base Oil Output Flat in May

August 21, 2024

Base oil production in the United States was about flat in May, compared to the same month of 2023. Meanwhile base oil i ...

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Chevron Leaving San Ramon

August 14, 2024

After 145 years in California, the second-biggest U.S. oil company, Chevron, is moving to Texas, the traditional home of ...

Waste Oil Kills Sewage Plant

Waste Oil Kills Sewage Plant

July 24, 2024

Operators shutdown a sewage plant in Castlegar, a town in British Columbia, Canada, after illegally dumped engine oil in ...

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Sales at Oil Change Shops Jump 14%

June 19, 2024

Sales at oil change and lubrication shops in the United States rose 14% to $8 billion in 2023, continuing a trend of yea ...

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STLE Forms Sustainability Committee

June 19, 2024

The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, one of the foremost lubricant technical associations in North Ame ...