North America

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

February 22, 2024

In a fairly quiet market – with many players away attending the Argus Global Base Oils Conference in London – reports that ExxonMobil intended to ...

After pushback from automakers and unions, the United States Environmental Protection Agency may propose slowing the pace of regulations that would re ...

Valvoline Inc. reported a 114% jump in operating income and a 12% increase in net sales revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31, which is the first quar ...

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

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

February 14, 2024

Suppliers were focused on filling some early orders ahead of the busy spring production season, but it was too early to ascertain whether demand would ...

Blue Tide Environmental announced today completion of the first phase of its base oils rerefinery in Baytown, Texas – a low-sulfur vacuum gasoil pla ...

The United States exported 74% more in November than the same month last year and also imported 36% more base oil, according to government agency data ...

Afton Chemical suffered drops in sales and operating profit for the fourth quarter plus a dip in sales for the full year of 2023 but achieved a health ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

February 7, 2024

There was still no clear indication whether this spring season would be stronger in terms of base oils demand than last year’s, but most suppliers r ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

January 31, 2024

The first signs that base oil demand might be starting to perk up emerged during the week, but it was still too early to ascertain whether this meant ...

BASF and Lubrizol struck a deal last week for the latter to produce and distribute several products from two lines of industrial lubricants under BASF ...

United States base oil production declined 8% in November, compared to the same month last year. November’s output totaled 4.3 million barrels, comp ...

Kano Laboratories, which manufactures penetrating oils, announced on Monday the acquisition of Synco Chemical Corp. and its line of synthetic food gre ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

January 24, 2024

While recession fears seemed to have subsided in the United States, economic uncertainties and ongoing geopolitical conflicts appeared to be still imp ...

The United States last month gave regulators new authority to target domestic and international institutions involved in evading bans on exports to Ru ...

Full-year new-vehicle sales in the United States were forecast to increase 12% in 2023, reaching 15.5 million units, according to Cox Automotive, with ...

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a bill into law last month that, effective March 28, prohibits a state agency from adopting stricter California emiss ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

January 17, 2024

Shipping and logistical difficulties continued to draw the attention of market participants, although domestic supplies have been unaffected by geopol ...

Aerospace and defense manufacturer Crane Co. acquired lubrication pump and system components producer Vian Enterprises for $103 million, the company a ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

January 10, 2024

With tensions in the Middle East mounting given Israel’s ongoing fight against Hamas in Gaza and growing Iranian involvement in hostilities, concern ...