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 ...

United States operating wind power capacity grew 9.5 percent in 2019 to almost 105,600 megawatts, while power purchase agreements between utilities an ...

The Canadian government decreed this month that it will permit 9-octadecenoic acid (Z)- compound with (Z)-N-9-octadecenyl-1,3-propanediamine to be use ...

Base oil trade through the U.S. border city of Brownsville, Texas, is booming, thanks to growing demand in Mexico and a lack of supply base in that co ...

Vehicle sales for last year were up in Brazil and Colombia but down in Mexico, Argentina and Chile, according to data from a variety of automotive ass ...

Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Phillips 66 and several smaller blenders notified United States customers of impending finished lubricant price increases ...

Automotive sales in the United States for 2019 are expected to reach just above 17 million, down around 1 percent, according to companies that track d ...

As the trade war between Washington and Beijing continues, the United States paraffin-based wax industry is feeling pressure as sales dip and alternat ...

Calumet Specialty Products Partners will undertake a slew of initiatives to lift its lubricating oils and finished lubricants business as part of an o ...