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 ...

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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

The onslaught of the Omicron coronavirus variant and persistent supply chain disruptions continued to cause headaches and shipment delays in base oil ...

Sales of new light vehicles in the United States slipped 3% to 14.9 million units in 2021, as several factors, including the COVID-19 pandemic and glo ...

After years of reduced production, Mexico’s government wants state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos to raise its output of base oil, part of a strategy to ...

U.S. Lubricants purchased a lube blending facility in Baltimore, Maryland, from BP, the company announced this week. U.S. Lubricants, which is based i ...

Private equity firm OpenGate Capital has acquired Chemsolv Inc., a Virginia-based regional distributor of commodity and specialty chemicals, including ...

Chemical manufacturers in the United States reported that supply chain disruptions are persisting and in some cases worsening, causing them to incur s ...

Base oil demand was fairly steady, but not robust as most buyers were still trying to assess product needs for the next few months. With uncertainties ...

WD-40 Co. reported net income of $18.6 million for the quarter ending Nov. 30, a 21% decrease from $23.6 million in the same period in 2020. The compa ...

Employees at ExxonMobil’s Beaumont, Texas, refining complex and lubricant manufacturing plant completed an election last week on a request to decert ...