As demand declines, pressure on formulators is increasing.

No end in sight to the chaos in the Gulf.

Vertex Energy Inc. plans to add 6,000 barrels per day of virgin API Group III base oil capacity at its refinery in Mobile, Alabama, with startup targe ...

The memorandum of understanding signed by the United States and Iran over the weekend ignited renewed hopes that ongoing hostilities in the Middle Eas ...

Olin Corp. and Huntsman Corp. are merging to create a chemicals producer with roughly U.S.$12.5 billion in annual revenue and a broader footprint acro ...

A provisional ceasefire and an end to hostilities between the United States and Iran announced at the start of the week immediately caused crude oil f ...

A flare-up in hostilities between the United States and Iran pushed a tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East into the unknown, and kept crude oil prices ...

Base oil prices continued to be exposed to upward pressure from steep crude oil prices, as flows from the Middle East remained constrained by the near ...

Base oil inventories in the United States are shrinking as domestic demand accelerates, according to the latest figures published by the U.S. Energy I ...

Costs for the key grease ingredient have eased for now, but a Nynas official predicts grease suppliers will continue encountering reasons to consider ...

News emerged that Excel Paralubes and Avista Oil had adjusted prices last week, along with other producers’ markups. Posted price increases have slo ...

According to industry data released Wednesday by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, new car registrations in the European Union ros ...

Maybe they once were, but those days are long gone, given the range of properties, even within API groups.

The current upheaval of base oil markets is severe enough to seem mythical except that lubricant producers are feeling the very real brunt.

Higher cost and lackluster demand saw profits fall last year for a number of companies.

Fallout from the fighting is causing a global scramble for base oils, and industry players warn it will outlast the conflict.

Changes in various types of manufacturing operations are causing a gradual shift toward synlubes.

In recognition of International Safety Day, Ganesan Ganapathi gives advice for avoiding injuries and accidents in lubricant blending plants.

Is it valid to call engine oils made with API Group II+ base oils synthetic? Thomas Glenn says the industry should protect its reputation.

Crude oil prices hovered at nosebleed levels as the United States and Israel war against Iran continued and the vital Strait of Hormuz remained closed ...