North America

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 ...

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 ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed chemical safety regulation amendments that would tighten control over introduction of n ...

Several additional base oil producers and rerefiners communicated posted price adjustments over the week, including ExxonMobil, Excel Paralubes, Calum ...

The market for data center immersion cooling fluids is projected to grow about tenfold through 2032, Kline & Co. predicted recently, spurred by fi ...

Valvoline completed the buyback of $1 billion-worth of its common shares last week, giving the company more boardroom control. A stock analyst said th ...

Base oil exports from the United States climbed 12% to 4.1 million barrels in March – boosted by hefty increases in volumes sent to Mexico, Israel a ...

LubriSource purchased IFH Group’s global fluid storage and dispensing product line – long used by industries handling oils, lubricants and industr ...

Motiva and Chevron communicated posted price decreases which were thought to be driven by sluggish demand, growing availability of most base oil grade ...

Base oil production in the United States fell 29% in March to its lowest mark since February 2021, according to data released today by the U.S. Energy ...

The United States continues to import most of the API Group III base oil that it consumes, but a Canadian start-up aims to put a dent into that depend ...

The Memorial Day holiday on May 29 dampened activity further in an unseasonably quiet market despite the start of the summer driving season in the Uni ...

Despite the fact that domestic base oil demand has shown few signs of strengthening, the market seemed to be fairly balanced thanks to the endeavors o ...

Valvoline reported double-digit gains in operating income and sales revenue for the quarter ended March 31, while Moove suffered a massive loss due to ...