North America

Vertex Energy Inc. reported large increases in gross profit and revenues for the quarter ended Dec. 31 and full year 2021 for its used motor oil colle ...

Lubrizol announced last week that it appointed board of directors Chairwoman Mary Rhinehart to the additional posts of president and chief executive o ...

The United States imported 28% more base oil last year than in 2020, and the volume surpassed 2019’s total, according to U.S. Energy Information Adm ...

Heritage-Crystal Clean’s oil business segment – including oil collection and rerefining activities and sales of recycled fuel oil – recorded inc ...

Sky-high crude oil prices precipitated an avalanche of base oil price initiatives, both on the paraffinic and the naphthenic sides of the market – t ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency unveiled on Monday proposals to implement more stringent nitrous oxide emissions limits on heavy-dut ...

The United States produced 61.2 million barrels of base oil in 2021, a 10% increase from 2020 and 1% above 2019’s production, according to data rele ...

Paulsboro, Avista Oil, Safety-Kleen and SK Lubricants Americas implemented posted price increases during the week, following similar initiatives by ot ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

February 23, 2022

ExxonMobil, Calumet, Excel Paralubes, HollyFrontier and Petro-Canada have joined Motiva and Chevron in communicating posted price increases for paraff ...

A 10-month lockout at ExxonMobil’s Beaumont, Texas, refinery and lubricant plant is over after union workers voted Monday to accept a contract with ...

A bill introduced Feb. 2 in the U.S. House of Representatives would ensure vehicle owners and their chosen repairers have access to necessary repair a ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

February 16, 2022

Two paraffinic base oil producers nominated posted price increases with effective dates this week, while naphthenic markups were in the process of imp ...

U.S. Adds More Wind Turbines

February 16, 2022

Wind power generation capacity in the United States grew 10% in 2021 to 134,996 megawatts, but the amount added was less than the record high set in 2 ...

The United States Customs and Border Patrol agency has directed the nation’s ports to seize shipments of palm oil and palm oil derivatives from Sime ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

February 9, 2022

Naphthenic base oil price increases will be going into effect this week, after several producers nominated 25 cents-per-gallon hikes on the back of st ...

ExxonMobil announced yesterday that it will restructure its businesses in an effort to streamline existing operations while also setting itself up to ...

The United States produced 4.8 million barrels of base oil in November, 11% less than in the same month in 2020, but matched the November 2019 total, ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

February 2, 2022

Several naphthenic base oil producers have communicated price increases, driven by rising crude oil and feedstock prices, together with a tightening s ...

Lube Report speaks to Mike Damiani, president of the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association about goals for the Washington, D.C.-based trade ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

January 26, 2022

Base oil and lubricant producers faced challenging conditions such as employee absences and labor shortages as a result of the pandemic and the rapid ...