With crude oil prices skyrocketing to multi-year highs amid ongoing hostilities in the Middle East, it was not surprising that several paraffinic and ...

Crude oil and diesel prices surged to multi-month highs following news that the United States and Israel had launched a coordinated attack on Feb. 28 ...

Researchers measured carbon footprints of different greases to find what factors matter most. Their conclusions: Choice of base stock and thickeners ...

Ganesan Ganapathi offers best practices for commissioning and starting up finished lubricant factories.

Taking oxygen out of lubricating systems could largely halt oxidation, researchers say, greatly extending the useful life of lubricants.

Thomas Glenn observes that synthetic blends are falling from the middle tiers of the passenger car motor oil market.

Reports that two producers had adjusted postings emerged this week. Interestingly, the price revisions took prices in opposite directions, with one in ...

German waste oil rerefiner Puraglobe closed its finished lubricant blending plant in Tampa, Florida, last year and exited the site, releasing an ...

With the market still showing signs of being oversupplied and fewer export opportunities because of lackluster demand in other regions, domestic buyer ...

Dow Inc. ended 2025 in the red, as sliding prices, lower operating rates and hefty restructuring charges neutralized cost-cutting efforts, according t ...

Pictured behind a police cordon are five 55-gallon black drums of unspecified material labeled “radioactive.” The image is part of a 230-page Loui ...

Despite recent run rate reductions at a number of plants due to freezing weather and a shift toward additional diesel and heating oil output, most bas ...

Ergon and Japan Sun Oil in Transformer Oil Distribution DealErgon formalized a transformer oil distribution agreement with Japan Sun Oil, granting the ...

Kline & Co.’s Anuj Kumar observes Group III base oils sprouting from a few used oil rerefiners and predicts more will come.

The next heavy-duty engine oil specification for North America is headed for the finish line, but a few final tasks remain.

A tidal wave of mineral base oil capacity is surging onto a global market that already has a supply overhang. Exporters are especially likely to feel ...

Electric vehicle manufacturers have a big wishlist for the next generation of driveline fluids — copper compatibility, copper protection, improved ...

Freezing temperatures and heavy snow blanketed large swaths of the United States and Canada this week, knocking out power, disrupting transportation a ...

Liz Cisneros, base oils technology manager at Motiva Enterprises, has been appointed chair of the American Petroleum Institute (API) Base Oil Intercha ...