Gabriela Wheeler traces the crumbling fundamentals in the U.S. base oil market, where few expect to escape the gloom.

Our exclusive Lubricants Industry Salary Survey is back! The three-part series starts with the folks who make it all happen: lube plant managers.

It took $1.4 billion and nearly 10 years to make Chevron's new base oil plant a reality. George Gill goes inside the gates at Pascagoula to hear what' ...

U.S. refinery production of base oils in this year's first half went swimmingly, and export activity was brisk as well. Imports were another story.

This month we feature plant managers compensation. In November, well look at sales and marketing, and in December well wrap up the 2014 reports with l ...

U.S. refinery production of base oils in the years first half reached 28.6 million barrels. Thats a gain of 2.9 percent over the 27.8 million barrels ...

North Americas finished lubricants consumption will remain little changed, with 0.5 percent compounded annual growth from 2013, to just shy of 3.1 bil ...

JX Nippon Oil & Energy USA Inc. will increase its lubricants blending plant capacity in Alabama from 34 million liters per year to 56 million lit ...

Gabriela Wheeler finds a fairly snug and dry U.S. base oil market and wonders how swampy things will get this fall.

Puralube is considering upgrading its rerefinery operations in Germany to produce rerefined API Group III base oil, and it named a former Safety-Kleen ...

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Consumers are keeping aging vehicles on the road longer, which is creating a booming market for high mileage and synthetic motor oils, according to th ...

The countrys automotive industry is helping to spark a revival of lubricants demand. And to do its part, state oil company Pemex has big plans for bas ...

The National Lubricating Grease Institute has initiated legal action against a scam group claiming theyve been hired to help members book hotel rooms ...

TAMPA BAY, Fla.-California is cracking down on plastic packaging, but many lubricant manufacturers and packagers are unaware or uncertain of their obl ...

Shell Lubricants notified U.S. customers on Monday that prices for Shell brand finished lubricants will generally increase by up to 4 percent effectiv ...

Wyoming, Mich.-based Industrial Innovations has acquired Advance Products Corp.s die casting Automation division. Terms were not disclosed. The new en ...

U.S. refiners produced 59.8 million barrels of virgin base oils in 2013, chalking up a 3.9 percent improvement over 2012, according to recent data fro ...

The state of Oregon issued $30,400 in fines to a quick lube and a plumber for intentionally discharging an oily mixture into a creek in late 2012. Bot ...

Gabriela Wheeler finds only lukewarm demand in the U.S. base oil market.