North America

North America accounted for 24% of global lubricants demand in 2022, with nearly half of its share coming from an industrial segment that shows potent ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

September 27, 2023

The paraffinic posted price increases communicated by a vast majority of base oil producers and rerefiners over the last two weeks have now been imple ...

Aiming to expand its offerings for dielectric fluids and other electrical insulating lubricants and coolants, chemical manufacturer and distributor So ...

ExxonMobil on Tuesday announced the startup of two new chemical production units at its Baytown, Texas manufacturing facility, including a linear alph ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

September 20, 2023

Motiva, ExxonMobil, Excel Paralubes, Holly-Frontier, Petro-Canada, Chevron, Calumet, Paulsboro, Safety-Kleen and Avista Oil communicated posted price ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

September 13, 2023

San Joaquin Refining communicated a price increase for its naphthenic oils this week, driven by rising crude oil and feedstock prices, along with bala ...

The largest finished lubricant distributor in the United States grew some more recently when Reladyne purchased Michigan-based Great Lakes Lubricants. ...

The Unites States exported 22% less base oil in June, with the steepest drops occurring in exports to Colombia and Belgium, while base oil imports dec ...

Base oil production in the United States fell 20% in June, compared to the same month last year, according to government data released last Thursday. ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

September 6, 2023

The Labor Day holiday on Sept. 4 marked the end of the summer driving season and the period when demand for lubricants was likely at its highest. Whil ...

Japanese specialty lubricant manufacturer Moresco Corp. expanded its die casting lubricant market and production capabilities with the acquisition of ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

August 30, 2023

With the summer driving season winding down and the Labor Day holiday just around the corner, the United States base oils market was understandably qu ...

SK Enmove today announced a memorandum of understanding with computer maker Dell Technologies and United States-based GRC to encourage the spread of l ...

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 ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

August 23, 2023

Most posted price increases announced in recent weeks were implemented, with participants waiting to see whether the markups would have any effect on ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

August 16, 2023

Motiva, Chevron, Petro-Canada, Avista Oil and Safety-Kleen joined the group of base oil producers who had communicated posted price increases over the ...

British lubricant additives maker SBZ Corp. announced it has begun manufacturing its lubricant additive packages in the United States, part of a strat ...

A number of producers announced posted price increases this week on the heels of ExxonMobil’s initiative a week ago. Paulsboro, HollyFrontier, Calum ...

The United States exported 11% more base oil in May – boosted by triple-digit percentage increases in volumes to India, Mexico and Nigeria – accor ...

Valvoline Inc. reported large increases in income and sales from continuing operations and in system-wide store sales for the quarter ended June 30, c ...