January is generally considered a transitional month in that both buyers and sellers assess inventories and product needs for the coming months, with ...

Ingevity has completed the sale of its North Charleston, South Carolina crude tall oil refinery and most of its Performance Chemicals Industrial Speci ...

The base oils market was understandably quiet during the last few days of the year, with the recent posted price decreases having been implemented for ...

BP agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol lubricants division to U.S. infrastructure investor Stonepeak, in a deal that values the century-old busi ...

HollyFrontier announced a posted price decrease for most of its API Group I base stocks this week, in the wake of similar initiatives by Chevron, Exxo ...

According to reports, ExxonMobil and Paulsboro Refining Co. planned to decrease posted prices this week, on the heels of similar adjustments by Chevro ...

The American Petroleum Institute (API) Lubricants Group has agreed to move forward with balloting on three proposals tied to the next heavy-duty en ...

The base oils market moseyed its way through the last weeks of the year, with participants reporting business at predicted levels amid expectations th ...

The volume of finished lubricant sales by independent manufacturers in North America rose 3.7% from 2018 to 2024, according to a new study by S&P ...

On Monday, Motiva Enterprises began a restructuring its commercial functions, introduces a standalone marketing and sales unit and adds new senior exe ...

Chevron announced a posted price decrease for its API Group II base oils this week. The price revision wasn’t a complete surprise, as Group II cuts ...

Vertex Energy said its Mobile, Alabama hydrocracker is now producing VTX-R4, a 4-centistoke API Group III rerefined base oil. The unit is a third comp ...

A few participants rushed to finalize business ahead of the Thanksgiving Holiday celebrated in the United States on November 27, and this led to a sho ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission ordered Valvoline Inc. to divest 45 quick-lube shops as a condition for clearing its proposed U.S.$625 million acqui ...

Base oil consumption levels have slipped due to seasonal patterns, and this, along with steady production at most refineries and the release of hurric ...

The successful completion of a plant turnaround coupled with slowing demand was expected to lead to oversupply conditions for some base oil grades. Pr ...

Federal and state regulators have filed a lawsuit against Smitty’s Supply Inc., the oil and lubricant manufacturer based in Tangipahoa Parish, over ...

U.S. base oil output slipped a bit during the first half of 2025 and still has not returned to pre-pandemic levels. Over the longer term, rising expor ...

States in the United States have begun adopting programs that mandate collection and recycling of lubricant containers and that charge lube suppliers ...

As cost pressures rise, a survey reveals a mounting sense that corner-cutters are gaining advantage on companies that adhere to rules and standards.