Despite increases in used oil collection and sales volumes of rerefined base oils, Clean Harbors reported lower second quarter revenue and profits for ...

Base oil production in the United States declined 9% in May, although the volume reached its highest in a month since last July, according to data rel ...

A few participants were surprised to hear reports that ExxonMobil had communicated a posted price increase this week. The company will be raising post ...

There were contrasting views about base oils demand in the United States, with some suppliers seeing steady uptake in July, and others noticing a grad ...

Increased selling prices helped lead to increased operating profit for Afton Chemical’s petroleum additives business for the quarter ending June 30, ...

Chevron said Sunday that it began making 4 centiStoke API Group III base stocks this month at its refinery in Richmond, California – a facility that ...

Retail sales of greases and lubricants at select United States automotive retail chains rose 17%, and transmission fluid sales rose 11% for the 52-wee ...

Heritage-Crystal Clean, owner of North America’s second-largest rerefinery, announced today an agreement to be bought by private equity firm J.F. Le ...

The base oils market continued to move at a moderate pace in the midst of a heat wave that affected large swaths of the United States. While crude oil ...

Base oil exports from the United States rose 11%, and imports increased 18% in April, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Admini ...

The fairly muted pace seen in base oil markets over the last few weeks appeared to be heightened by summer holidays and the absence of many players du ...

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

United States exports of automotive, diesel and marine engine oils increased 18% in 2022, while imports of the same products climbed 38%, according to ...

The average of light vehicles in the United States rose to 12.5 years at the start of this year, a 3% increase from the average in 2022, and the third ...

U.S. base oil production decreased 5% in April, compared to the same month last year, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data. Output ...

The Independence Day holiday in the United States on Tuesday, July 4, resulted in fairly muted activity in the base oils market during the week, altho ...

Sales at United States oil change and lubrication shops rose 11% last year to $7 billion, a joint report by the Auto Care Association and MEMA Afterma ...

The summer doldrums that typically envelop the base oils market in July and August appeared to have started earlier this year, as activity has been st ...

North America’s lubricating grease production jumped up 16% in 2022, signaling a further rebounding from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, accor ...

Base oil market participants continued to face a challenging environment, as base oils and lubricants demand remained rather lusterless, with adequate ...