North America’s automotive and lubricant industries are continuing their steady march to lower viscosity grades for gasoline-powered light-duty vehi ...

Legislators in California have agreed to a ban on sales of internal combustion engines by 2035, a move that State Governor Gavin Newsom described as t ...

While most segments of the United States base oils market seemed to move at a slower pace as the summer driving season wound down, the unplanned exten ...

Base oil exports from the United States declined 9% in May, while base oil imports into the country fell 20%, although the import volume was the highe ...

Automakers and representatives of the lubricants industry have taken the first formal step toward developing the next gasoline engine oil specificatio ...

Activity in the United States base oils market proceeded at a moderate pace as participants enjoyed the last few days of the summer holidays and buyer ...

Cross Oil joined those naphthenic producers who had communicated price decreases last week. The adjustments were prompted by lower crude oil and feeds ...

Automakers have expressed interest to address additional issues in the latest passenger car motor oil specifications for North America before adoption ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and an Indiana state government agency have reached a settlement with Metalworking Lubricants Co. for alleged ...

Saudi Aramco announced on Monday a $2.7 billion deal to acquire Valvoline’s Global Products business, which is its lubricant and maintenance product ...

Naphthenic base oil producers communicated price decreases this week on softer market fundamentals. An unplanned production outage and force majeure d ...

Heritage-Crystal Clean’s oil business segment reported 45% higher revenue for its second fiscal quarter ending June 18, getting a boost from increas ...

Base oil demand remained healthy despite uncertainties brought about by volatile crude oil and feedstock prices, inflation and a possible recession, w ...

OQ Chemicals said Tuesday it reached a final investment decision to build additional propionic aldehyde capacity as well as infrastructure to support ...

A special committee of the American Petroleum Institute is drafting a recommended practice for calculating the environmental sustainability of finishe ...

Afton Chemical Corp. announced today that it completed a $70 million expansion at its lubricant additive factory in Sauget, Illinois – a project tha ...

There were no posted U.S. base oil price changes this week. Gabriela Wheeler is away. Her column will reappear in the July 27 edition of Lube Report A ...

Uptake of electric vehicles in the United States has passed the 5% tipping point, setting the world’s second-largest auto market on the path to mass ...

Base oil market participants seem to have adopted a wait-and-see position on the back of changing fundamentals. Plunging crude oil values lifted some ...

WD-40 reported net income of $14.5 million for the quarter ending May 31, a 31% drop from the same period last year, while net sales for its maintenan ...