North America

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

HCC Down, WD-40 Up

October 19, 2020

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 ...

U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists have reported inventing a method to detect and predict mechanical failure due to lubrication loss in machines ...

The American Chemistry Council last week extended to Dec. 31 its emergency protocol meant to give companies flexibility to cope with scarcity of autom ...

Vertex Energy’s black oil segment, which includes its rerefineries business, posted steep decreases in operating income and revenue for the quarter ...

Aftermarket motor oil sales in the United States declined for the first half of this year, although sales picked up for oils used in boating and recre ...

For the quarter ending June 30, Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP reported a net profit, while Quaker Chemical, HollyFrontier’s lubricants and ...

General Motors’ proprietary tests required for its Dexos1 Gen 3 passenger car engine oil licensing will be available beginning Sept. 1, said GM Engi ...

Chevron and Novvi LLC announced the first production of fully renewable base oil from Novvi’s Deer Park facility in Houston, Texas.

Base oil production in the United States regressed in May, falling to its lowest seasonally adjusted level since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite setbacks from the pandemic, demand for bio-lubricants should continue to grow faster than the overall global lubricants market, an analyst sai ...

Afton Chemical recorded lower operating profit and sales for its second quarter, and Valvoline reported decreases in operating income and sales for it ...

Enforcement of engine oil and transmission product labeling and receipt requirements that impact quick lubes and their distributor partners is ongoing ...

Revenues Drop for HCC

July 29, 2020

Heritage-Crystal Clean’s oil business segment – which includes oil collection activities, rerefining activities and sales of recycled fuel oil – ...