North America

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

November 3, 2021

Calumet communicated a price increase for its naphthenic base oils, joining Cross Oil, which announced a similar initiative a week ago. On the paraffi ...

WD-40 reported net income of $8.4 million for its fourth fiscal quarter, ending Aug. 31, down 57% compared to its previous fourth quarter. For its ful ...

Vertex Energy shareholders voted in favor of its proposed sale of used motor oil collection and recycling assets – including two rerefineries – to ...

Base oil output in the United States retreated in July, dipping slightly below the level produced in June and falling below amounts produced before th ...

Rekindling the Flame

October 4, 2021

U.S. Base Oil Production Continues on the Path to Recovery The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on United States base oil production during the firs ...

DL Chemical to Acquire Kraton

September 29, 2021

South Korean-based DL Chemical Co. Ltd. will acquire Houston-based Kraton Corp. for $2.5 billion in cash under a definitive merger agreement announced ...

ExxonMobil is collaborating with a Canadian wind energy research organization to test new lubricants for wind turbine applications and lube performanc ...

Synthetic lubricants manufacturer Amsoil launched Amsoil Industrial, a new business unit dedicated to serving large business-to-business customers, in ...

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development issued a stop-use and stop-removal order on REV 360 brand products from Orion Lubricants, ...

Get Spiffy Buys Pit Crew

September 15, 2021

North Carolina-based Get Spiffy, an on-demand car care services company, acquired Pit Crew, which provides mobile oil changes, tire and other automoti ...

The EU and China lead global EV sales, while the U.S. lags behind with the rest of the world, according to tech analysts Canalys.

United States refiners churned out a robust 5.7 million barrels of base oil in June, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Agency, be ...

Several automakers formally requested that the American Petroleum Institute’s Lubricants Group develop a supplement to the API SP specification to i ...

The United States lubricant industry seemed to largely dodge a major scare as facilities along the Gulf of Mexico coast appeared to have avoided serio ...

Lubricant additive sales volumes in the United States were up slightly in July, compared to June, and much higher than in the same month of 2020, acco ...

The outlook in the United States for electric vehicles – and the implications for automotive lubricant suppliers – has changed significantly with ...

Base oil production in the United States jumped to 5.6 million barrels in May, according to the latest data from the U.S. Energy Information Agency, s ...

A panel of judges within the United States Patent and Trademark Office ruled last week that Valvoline may proceed with a complaint attempting to preve ...

Lubricant additive sales volumes in the United States took a slight downturn in June, although volumes for the first half of the year remained well ab ...

Aerosol manufacturer PLZ Aeroscience has agreed to purchase Champion Brands LLC, an independent producer of automotive and industrial lubricants and r ...