Lubrizol Corp.’s pre-tax profit for the second quarter fell 25% year to year due to the fact that earnings in the same period of 2022 were inflated ...

Most posted price increases announced in recent weeks were implemented, with participants waiting to see whether the markups would have any effect on ...

Motiva, Chevron, Petro-Canada, Avista Oil and Safety-Kleen joined the group of base oil producers who had communicated posted price increases over the ...

British lubricant additives maker SBZ Corp. announced it has begun manufacturing its lubricant additive packages in the United States, part of a strat ...

A number of producers announced posted price increases this week on the heels of ExxonMobil’s initiative a week ago. Paulsboro, HollyFrontier, Calum ...

The United States exported 11% more base oil in May – boosted by triple-digit percentage increases in volumes to India, Mexico and Nigeria – accor ...

Valvoline Inc. reported large increases in income and sales from continuing operations and in system-wide store sales for the quarter ended June 30, c ...

Despite increases in used oil collection and sales volumes of rerefined base oils, Clean Harbors reported lower second quarter revenue and profits for ...

Base oil production in the United States declined 9% in May, although the volume reached its highest in a month since last July, according to data rel ...

A few participants were surprised to hear reports that ExxonMobil had communicated a posted price increase this week. The company will be raising post ...

There were contrasting views about base oils demand in the United States, with some suppliers seeing steady uptake in July, and others noticing a grad ...

Increased selling prices helped lead to increased operating profit for Afton Chemical’s petroleum additives business for the quarter ending June 30, ...

Chevron said Sunday that it began making 4 centiStoke API Group III base stocks this month at its refinery in Richmond, California – a facility that ...

Retail sales of greases and lubricants at select United States automotive retail chains rose 17%, and transmission fluid sales rose 11% for the 52-wee ...

Heritage-Crystal Clean, owner of North America’s second-largest rerefinery, announced today an agreement to be bought by private equity firm J.F. Le ...

The base oils market continued to move at a moderate pace in the midst of a heat wave that affected large swaths of the United States. While crude oil ...

Base oil exports from the United States rose 11%, and imports increased 18% in April, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Admini ...

The fairly muted pace seen in base oil markets over the last few weeks appeared to be heightened by summer holidays and the absence of many players du ...

Avalon Advanced Materials and Metso Corp. reached a memorandum of understanding this week to develop a lithium hydroxide production facility in the Ca ...

United States exports of automotive, diesel and marine engine oils increased 18% in 2022, while imports of the same products climbed 38%, according to ...