Canada

September Base Oil Report

September 7, 2026

Gabriela Wheeler looks hard for good news in the base oil market.

Canadian rerefiner ReGen III Corp. said its chief operating officer, Tom Lawlor, has left the company, effective Monday. ReGen did not give a reason f ...

A new 50% U.S. tariff on selected imported Canadian goods has taken effect, adding costs for lubricant manufacturers, according to the Independent Lub ...

August Base Oil Report

August 10, 2026

The Light at the End of the Tunnel Will the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran hold? Will crude oil and base oil shipments from t ...

Chevron Products Company will expand its North American base oils distribution network through new agreements with HF Sinclair and Renkert Oil, broade ...

HF Sinclair Corp. plans to separate its Lubricants & Specialties business into an independent publicly traded company while retiring its base oil ...

July Base Oil Report

July 1, 2026

No end in sight to the chaos in the Gulf.

June Base Oil Report

May 23, 2026

The current upheaval of base oil markets is severe enough to seem mythical except that lubricant producers are feeling the very real brunt.

HF Sinclair Corp. achieved a record low operating cost of $7.12 per barrel, below its target of $7.25, and reported stronger third-quarter 2025 result ...

The United States on Tuesday walked back tariffs scheduled to take effect that day on goods imported from Canada and Mexico – at least delaying what ...

Operators shutdown a sewage plant in Castlegar, a town in British Columbia, Canada, after illegally dumped engine oil in the sewer contaminated the tr ...

Earnings Fall at WD-40

April 10, 2024

WD-40 Co. reported a decrease in net income on increased net sales for its maintenance products segments for its second fiscal quarter ended Feb. 29, ...

Earth Alive Clean Technologies, a Canadian engineering company in the biochemical sector, acquired Interlube Inc. a Quebec-based producer of biodegrad ...

Canadian quick lube service business Mr. Lube + Tires reported an 18% increase in sales revenue and slightly higher same-store sales growth for the th ...

Lubrizol Corp.’s pre-tax profit for the second quarter fell 25% year to year due to the fact that earnings in the same period of 2022 were inflated ...

Avalon Advanced Materials and Metso Corp. reached a memorandum of understanding this week to develop a lithium hydroxide production facility in the Ca ...

Mr. Lube, a leading quick lube service business with locations across Canada, increased first quarter revenue by 20% and same-store sales by 18%, pare ...

Leaders of Mexico, the United States and Canada all have called for private businesses from the latter two companies to participate in the former’s ...

North American lubricant demand in 2021 almost recovered to pre-pandemic levels, driven by strong growth in the United States’ market. Despite infla ...