Clean Harbors’ Safety-Kleen segment and Heritage-Crystal Clean’s oil business segment both reported higher revenues for the first quarter, compare ...

Shipments of castor oil derivatives are flowing from India once again, easing availability of popular grease additives after supplies were constrained ...

First licensing for ILSAC GF-6A and GF-6B and API SP is scheduled to begin May 1. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic’s impacts, hundreds of licensed GF-6 ...

Even with without major disruptors, 2019 saw a notable decrease in U.S. base oil production.

With the coronavirus outbreak forcing the global economy into a standstill, times are tough for lubricants businesses. By switching to sanitizer produ ...

The American Chemistry Council on Monday invoked an emergency protocol meant to give companies flexibility to cope with unavailability of automotive l ...

Base oil production in the United States dropped 9 percent in 2019, according to recently released data, as refiners perhaps let some air out of an ov ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners L.P. will close a lubricants plant in New Jersey and furlough manufacturing employees at a Missouri synthetic lubr ...

A Federal District Court judge in Missouri granted preliminary approval to a class action settlement providing reimbursement to customers who purchase ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused automakers around the world to temporarily close factories, and this will reduce demand for factory fill lubricants a ...

The American Petroleum Institute invoked provisional licensing for a key bench oxidation test for ILSAC GF-6 and API SP, along with additional current ...

Three lubricant industry associations in the United States petitioned India’s government last week to approve the export of castor oil derivatives s ...

Fog and floods are regular disruptors to barges carrying base oils on rivers. Suppliers and buyers can take steps to minimize impacts, though not to ...

The Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association is reaching out to members and governments to inform them that lube blenders are considered essent ...

The Covid-19 outbreak is proving to be the most disruptive event for the base oils and refining industry since the Great Recession of 2008, causing re ...

Flooding remains a significant disruptor of barge traffic of base oil on U.S. rivers, and it could worsen in coming years without increased investment ...

Hillenbrand Inc. will sell its Cimcool metalworking fluids business to DuBois Chemicals Inc. for $224 million in cash, under an agreement announced la ...

Hurricanes justifiably cause much consternation for Gulf Coast base oil refiners and their customers, but fog is a bigger disruptor, settling in more ...

Canada-based distributor Parkland Fuel Corp. posted a 122 percent jump in consolidated revenue for its lubricant segment for full year 2019, thanks to ...

ILSAC GF-6 is on its home stretch to commercial introduction on May 1, but automakers and the lubricant industry are questioning whether additional wo ...