North America

Singapore Firm Buys Savant Group

Singapore Firm Buys Savant Group

March 12, 2025

Singaporean investment holding company Paeonia Group has acquired Savant Group for an undisclosed sum.

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

March 5, 2025

The impacts from the United States president imposed on Canada, Mexico and China on March 4, and the retaliatory levies ...

Growth Opportunities in a Declining Market

Growth Opportunities in a Declining Market

March 3, 2025

How can lubricant makers in the U.S. grow despite declining demand? Tom Glenn weighs in.

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

February 26, 2025

Receding crude oil and feedstock prices have reduced some of the pressure on base oil values that had been present since ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

February 19, 2025

Base oil prices were generally stable as demand fundamentals have not changed significantly since last week and supply w ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

February 12, 2025

The dust seems to have settled after recent price initiatives affected some base oil cuts. A group of producers called f ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

February 5, 2025

Calumet joined the group of base oil producers that had announced posted price increases last week, with these adjustmen ...

US Pauses Canadian, Mexican Tariffs

US Pauses Canadian, Mexican Tariffs

February 5, 2025

The United States on Tuesday walked back tariffs scheduled to take effect that day on goods imported from Canada and Mex ...

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US Base Oil Output Dipped in November

February 5, 2025

United States refiners produced a modest 4.4 million barrels of base oil in November, according to new data from the fed ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

January 29, 2025

News that ExxonMobil and HollyFrontier announced a posted price increase hit the market this week, with rerefiner Safety ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

January 22, 2025

While there have been few changes on the demand side, supply could be affected by refinery decisions regarding fuels pro ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

January 15, 2025

Market attention turned to surging crude oil and feedstock prices this week, as the higher values were anticipated to pl ...

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ALS Buys Chemlube’s Lube Division

January 10, 2025

Advanced Lubrication Specialties has bought Chemlube International LLC’s lubricants division, which features a finishe ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

January 8, 2025

Halfway into January and business was scant. Participants were still optimistic that activity in the domestic market wou ...

EPA Calls Formaldehyde Health Risk

EPA Calls Formaldehyde Health Risk

January 8, 2025

The Unite States Environmental Protection Agency formally concluded last week that formaldehyde poses an unreasonable he ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

January 1, 2025

The New Year was expected to usher in more export negotiations as domestic activity remained muted. United States suppli ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

December 25, 2024

Editor’s note: Gabriela Wheeler is away on vacation this week and will return next week. Base oil posted prices in the ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

December 18, 2024

With domestic demand showing few signs of improving, base oil producers in the United States have been focusing on concl ...