The United States federal government notified California last week that it had begun an antitrust probe of the states recent agreement with four autom ...

U.S. distributors and manufacturers of wax and wax products are bracing for the impact of new tariffs on Chinese imports, which went into effect Sept. ...

Shell Lubricants and Comercial Importadora, S. de R.L. de C.V. - known as CISA - recently announced a new joint venture partnership in Mexico that inc ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP reported a smaller net loss and decreased sales for the second quarter, while Cosans Moove lubricants segment e ...

Four automakers reached an agreement last week with California on a voluntary framework for annual emissions reductions that would speed the transitio ...

The average age of light vehicles in the United States rose more than 10 percent, from 10.6 years in 2010 to 11.7 years in 2018, and is projected to e ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to ban the use of 2,4,6-Tris(tert-butyl)phenol as a lubricant additive on grounds th ...

Sales by oil change and lubrication shops in the United States reached $6.3 billion in 2018, up 4 percent from 2017, according to a report jointly pub ...

Chevron announced it has agreed for its Richmond, California, base oil plant to begin making API Group III oils that Finnish refiner Neste Corp. will ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. sold its year-old investment in Biosynthetic Technologies in March, according to Calumets first quarter earni ...

The United States wind power capacity grew 8 percent in 2018 to more than 96,400 megawatts, and demand from non-utility buyers grew a record amount, t ...

Industry observers say a new linear alpha olefins unit that ExxonMobil expects to open in 2022 in Baytown, Texas, should reduce its reliance on compet ...

U.S. refiners export significant quantities of base oils to the Middle East despite the regions substantial investment in API Group II and III product ...

The National Automobile Dealers Association forecasts sales of 16.8 million new cars and light trucks in the United States this year, down 3 percent f ...

ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron and Phillips 66 notified U.S. customers of upcoming finished lubricant price increases that take effect in early May. Some ...

A federal judge last week granted statewide class action status to 16 groups of consumers suing Dollar General for selling motor oil alleged to have b ...

Flooding along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers has forced Midwest lubricant companies to fall back on contingency plans for shipping as railways b ...

Traffic through the Houston Ship Channel remains backlogged following a three day chemical fire at Intercontinental Terminal Co.s Deer Park, Texas, te ...

United States base oil producers made hay while the sun shined last year, taking advantage of a lack of disruptions to churn out 67.3 million barrels ...

The United States energy demand is projected to remain essentially flat out to 2040, down just 1 percent, and Brazil's is expected to increase 2.2 per ...