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The United States’ base oil production slipped 9% to in July, while production for the first seven months of the year was up 1%, compared to the sam ...

American EV Sales Keep Rising

September 28, 2022

Registrations of new electric vehicles in the United States reached 442,788 in the second quarter, up 13% from the same period of 2021 and more than 2 ...

Automotive aftermarket selling prices in the United States – for motor oils and other products such as tires and windshield wipers – have risen 30 ...

Afton Lifts Force Majeure

September 21, 2022

Afton Chemical lifted its force majeure declaration effective Sept. 8, the company confirmed to Lube Report. In July, Afton notified customers it decl ...

Blue Tide Environmental – which is developing a network of used motor oil recycling facilities across North America – last week announced a final ...

Piedmont Lithium chose Etowah, Tennessee as the site of a 30,000 metric tons per year lithium hydroxide plant, with completion and start of production ...

New EPA Risk Regs Add Red Tape

September 14, 2022

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed changes to its Risk Management Program that put more emphasis on climate change and power-loss r ...

A Missouri Federal District Court granted preliminary approval of a settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging some products of a tractor hydraulic ...

Base oil exports from the United States were flat in June, while base oil imports into the country declined 9%, compared to the same month last year, ...

Base oil production in the United States declined 8% in June, compared to the same month last year, according to data released by a government agency. ...

North America’s automotive and lubricant industries are continuing their steady march to lower viscosity grades for gasoline-powered light-duty vehi ...

Base oil exports from the United States declined 9% in May, while base oil imports into the country fell 20%, although the import volume was the highe ...

Automakers and representatives of the lubricants industry have taken the first formal step toward developing the next gasoline engine oil specificatio ...

Automakers have expressed interest to address additional issues in the latest passenger car motor oil specifications for North America before adoption ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and an Indiana state government agency have reached a settlement with Metalworking Lubricants Co. for alleged ...

Saudi Aramco announced on Monday a $2.7 billion deal to acquire Valvoline’s Global Products business, which is its lubricant and maintenance product ...

Sales Up for HCC

August 3, 2022

Heritage-Crystal Clean’s oil business segment reported 45% higher revenue for its second fiscal quarter ending June 18, getting a boost from increas ...

OQ Chemicals said Tuesday it reached a final investment decision to build additional propionic aldehyde capacity as well as infrastructure to support ...

A special committee of the American Petroleum Institute is drafting a recommended practice for calculating the environmental sustainability of finishe ...

Afton Chemical Corp. announced today that it completed a $70 million expansion at its lubricant additive factory in Sauget, Illinois – a project tha ...