Following a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Iran last week, crude oil prices slumped, easing concerns about potential base oil posted price incre ...

It has been a historic week of geopolitical developments. Israel and Iran pulled back from all-out war after the United States bombed Iranian nuclear ...

While conditions in the base oils market were stable to slightly softer, the most unsettling factor came from the crude oil side, as futures suddenly ...

Base oil prices were reported as steady-to-firm, with market participants keeping an anxious eye on crude oil futures, since prices have climbed, foll ...

Some base oil suppliers continued to observe a steady stream of orders, while others have started to see signs of softening demand. This situation was ...

Fundamentals were relatively stable for base oils and lubricants as the summer driving season unofficially got underway on Memorial Day, May 26 – in ...

Paraffinic base oil prices were mostly stable with activity levels ticking up ahead of the Memorial Day weekend on May 26, which marks the start of th ...

Phillips 66 announced it will relinquish a 65% stake in its fuel retail operations in Germany and Austria, part of a push to streamline operations and ...

Chevron announced a paraffinic posted price decrease, while Calumet and San Joaquin Refining joined two other base oil producers who have decreased pr ...

The paraffinic base oil supply and demand landscape may be changing over the next few weeks as a number of plants resume production following turnarou ...

Base oil suppliers have seen encouraging signs from some segments of the market, and less so from others, depending on how each of them might be impac ...

EPA case against USA Wholesale Lubricant was stalled by a legal process snafu.

Base oil production in the United States fell 19% in February, compared to the same month of 2024.

Some segments of the base oils market saw fairly steady demand, mainly because buyers had been delaying orders for as long as possible and securing mi ...

Soft conditions in lubricant markets were dampening base oil demand at a time when consumption should be flourishing as the summer driving season appr ...

Oil refiners in Brazil produced 52,160 metric tons of base oil in March, according to the latest government data, the first month this year that outpu ...

Spring base oil demand seemed to be scuttering along against a background of tumbling stocks and crude oil prices as a result of the sweeping tariffs ...

German independent lubricant manufacturer Fuchs bought IRMCO Advanced Metalforming Lubricant Technologies.

Base oil demand in the United States should increase slightly this year, but will remain significantly below pre-COVID-19 levels, an ICIS reporter tol ...

Blue Tide and Pennzoil-Quaker State have completed their new rerefinery in Baytown.