North America

Ingevity Spends on Charleston Plant

Ingevity Spends on Charleston Plant

December 11, 2024

United States-based chemical maker Ingevity will invest more than U.S.$53 million into a facility near its headquarters ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

December 11, 2024

Base oil prices were steady in the United States this week, as demand remained flat and suppliers preferred to keep offe ...

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Cerilon GTL Plant Receives Permit

December 11, 2024

Cerilon, the start-up company working to build North America’s first gas-to-liquids base oil plant, said Tuesday that ...

September U.S. Base Oil Imports Jump

September U.S. Base Oil Imports Jump

December 11, 2024

Lubricant makers in the United States gobbled up record quantities of imported base stocks in September, according to re ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

December 4, 2024

Mounting supplies and the need to clear inventories ahead of year-end continued to exert downward pressure on some base ...

Axel Royal Back in Operation After Fire

Axel Royal Back in Operation After Fire

November 27, 2024

An investigation is ongoing into the cause of a fire at Axel Royal’s Tulsa factory last Tuesday. The blaze sent plumes ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

November 27, 2024

A base oil producer and a rerefiner have joined the cadre of suppliers that have decreased posted prices over the last s ...

ReGen III Secures More Funding

ReGen III Secures More Funding

November 27, 2024

Waste oil rerefiner ReGen III aims to be the world’s largest producer of regenerated API Group III base oil when the ...

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Americas Weekly Base Oil Price Report

November 20, 2024

A majority of producers and rerefiners have decreased posted prices, with Safety-Kleen communicating a fresh decrease th ...

Clean Harbors Ups Collection Fees

Clean Harbors Ups Collection Fees

November 13, 2024

Clean Harbors Inc. warned customers that it has “significantly” raised waste oil collection fees to offset depressed ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

November 12, 2024

Two additional paraffinic producers joined the group of companies that decreased posted prices this month. HollyFrontier ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

November 6, 2024

Additional base oil posted price decreases emerged this week, with Motiva and Chevron announcing fresh adjustments. Pric ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

October 30, 2024

Base oil prices remained exposed to downward pressure due to lackluster demand, growing supplies, a need for suppliers t ...

Motul Buys Metalworking Fluid Firm

Motul Buys Metalworking Fluid Firm

October 30, 2024

French performance lubricant company Motul has acquired Chem Arrow Corp., a move aimed at expanding its market reach and ...

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Weekly U.S. Base Oil Price Report

October 23, 2024

While prices for most base oil grades were stable, SK Enmove communicated a posted price decrease on its Group II+ and A ...

U.S. Base Oil Production Up in July

U.S. Base Oil Production Up in July

October 23, 2024

United States refiners produced 5 million barrels of base oil in July as this year’s output continued to run ahead of ...

Norac Builds Esterification Line  

Norac Builds Esterification Line  

October 16, 2024

Norac Additives broke ground on a new esterification line at its production site in Helena, Arkansas, giving German pare ...

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Weekly U.S. Base Oil Report

October 16, 2024

Lengthening supplies and flat demand seemed to be the main factors affecting base oil prices, although not all grades di ...