North America

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

October 19, 2022

Supply increased in the United States market as a result of a seasonal decline in demand and fairly steady production rates at most base oil plants. T ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

October 12, 2022

Some corners of the United States base oils market seemed to be tighter than others but finding enough product in the domestic arena did not appear to ...

Infineum announced yesterday it will acquire Billerica, Massachusetts-based Entegris’ Pipeline and Industrial Materials business as part of its tran ...

Finished lubricant demand in Latin America and the Caribbean rebounded in 2021 to pre-pandemic levels – reaching 3.9 million tons, boosted by the re ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

October 5, 2022

No further posted price adjustments were communicated by base oil producers, following a round of decreases that resulted in lower values in the previ ...

The United States’ base oil production slipped 9% to in July, while production for the first seven months of the year was up 1%, compared to the sam ...

American EV Sales Keep Rising

September 28, 2022

Registrations of new electric vehicles in the United States reached 442,788 in the second quarter, up 13% from the same period of 2021 and more than 2 ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

September 28, 2022

Avista Oil and Paulsboro joined other producers in decreasing posted prices this week on the back of lower crude oil and feedstock prices and seasonal ...

Automotive aftermarket selling prices in the United States – for motor oils and other products such as tires and windshield wipers – have risen 30 ...

Afton Lifts Force Majeure

September 21, 2022

Afton Chemical lifted its force majeure declaration effective Sept. 8, the company confirmed to Lube Report. In July, Afton notified customers it decl ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

September 21, 2022

Chevron, Excel Paralubes, HollyFrontier, Petro-Canada, ExxonMobil, Calumet and Safety-Kleen informed their customers that the producers would be decre ...

Blue Tide Environmental – which is developing a network of used motor oil recycling facilities across North America – last week announced a final ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

September 14, 2022

Motiva informed its customers that the company would be decreasing posted prices, with the adjustment becoming effective retroactively on Sept. 1. Oth ...

Piedmont Lithium chose Etowah, Tennessee as the site of a 30,000 metric tons per year lithium hydroxide plant, with completion and start of production ...

New EPA Risk Regs Add Red Tape

September 14, 2022

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed changes to its Risk Management Program that put more emphasis on climate change and power-loss r ...

A Missouri Federal District Court granted preliminary approval of a settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging some products of a tractor hydraulic ...

Base oil exports from the United States were flat in June, while base oil imports into the country declined 9%, compared to the same month last year, ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

September 7, 2022

Some segments of the base oils market have tipped towards the tight side, while others showed some lengthening given high production rates and slowing ...

Base oil production in the United States declined 8% in June, compared to the same month last year, according to data released by a government agency. ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

August 31, 2022

With the end of the summer driving season and the Labor Day holiday just around the corner, it was not surprising to see activity in the base oils mar ...