Electric vehicle manufacturers have a big wishlist for the next generation of driveline fluids — copper compatibility, copper protection, improved ...

Freezing temperatures and heavy snow blanketed large swaths of the United States and Canada this week, knocking out power, disrupting transportation a ...

Liz Cisneros, base oils technology manager at Motiva Enterprises, has been appointed chair of the American Petroleum Institute (API) Base Oil Intercha ...

ExxonMobil has begun construction on a major expansion of API Group III base oil production at its Baytown complex in Texas. The expansion is aimed at ...

The South Coast Air Quality Management District is proposing to phase out the use of p-chlorobenzotrifluoride and tert-butyl acetate in metalworking f ...

Base oil activity proceeded at a moderate pace this week, partly dampened by the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday on Jan. 19, with suppliers not ...

ILSAC GF-8 engine oil development teams are continuing work on the next passenger car engine oil category for North America, with a target market intr ...

The geography, quality and scale of global base oil supply has fundamentally changed over the past two decades. Global production capacity has swollen ...

Are we close to the long-anticipated point where chemical safety laws and market expectations become incompatible at an accessible cost? Lubricant for ...

Gleanings from the Industry The process of making lubricants is basically the same regardless of location: Blend base oils with chemical additives ...

HF Sinclair Corp. completed the acquisition of Industrial Oils Unlimited, closing a U.S.$38 million transaction first announced in December 2025. The ...

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 ...