With razor-thin margins of control in both the United States House and Senate, the incoming presidential administration will be forced to lead from th ...

A Minnesota company formerly known as Rational Energies changed its name last month to Rational Resource and announced that it is switching its busine ...

A $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy will help accelerate development of Baltimore, Maryland-based Pixelligent’s nanocomposite te ...

Fuchs Group acquired Sanford, North Carolina-based PolySi Technologies, which formulates and manufactures silicone lubricants and greases, as well as ...

Base oil production in the United States dropped to 4.6 million barrels in August, according to newly released government data, interrupting two conse ...

Afton Chemical reported higher operating profit and a decrease in sales for its third quarter, and Valvoline’s operating income and sales from its t ...

Refiners in the United States produced 25.9 million barrels of base oils in the first half of 2020—10% below what they churned out from January to J ...

Crunch Time  Looking at the United States lubricants business today, it’s hard to believe that just two decades ago there were close to 10,0 ...

The American Petroleum Institute Lubricants Standards Group is debating an amendment to its Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System, also known ...

In addition to damage it has done to demand for many types of products, the coronavirus pandemic has hampered business by saddling them with a range o ...

The heavy-duty diesel engine oil market is gradually shifting to lower-viscosity products, with advancing technology and better understanding of their ...

France-based private equity firm Ardian paid $2.3 billion to acquire a 50% ownership stake in Angus Chemical Co. from Golden Gate Capital, which conti ...

The COVID-19 pandemic – along with multiple other disruptors – has upended the logistics market in the United States the past year, turning it fro ...

Heritage-Crystal Clean’s oil business segment reported lower revenue for the third quarter, while WD-40 posted higher net income and revenue for the ...

Cadence Petroleum Group has obtained a new private equity investor, and the new backer plans to accelerate the expansion of the growing lubricant dist ...

The global motorcycle oils market is projected to grow by a compound annual rate of 1.5% to 2% during the next four years, according to a forecast tha ...

A Chicago private equity firm announced last week that it has agreed to acquire majority stakes in Warren Distribution Inc., one of the largest privat ...

As the trade war between the United States and China approaches its third anniversary, there is little sign of resolution despite the fact that the co ...

Base oil production in the United States continued in July to gradually recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Output for that month was 1 ...

Lubricant additive demand in the United States declined 9.5% through the first seven months of the year, according to data released recently by the Am ...