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Vertex Sells Heartland Rerefinery

Vertex Sells Heartland Rerefinery

Lube Report Americas - February 1, 2023

Vertex Energy Inc. announced today that it has again reached an agreement to sell its Heartland used motor oil collectio ...

Afton Profits Surge in Q4, 2022

Afton Profits Surge in Q4, 2022

Lube Report Americas - February 1, 2023

Afton Chemical posted operating profit jumps of 188% for the fourth quarter and 35% for the full year, boosted by increa ...

U.S. Base Oil Production Falls

U.S. Base Oil Production Falls

Lube Report Americas - February 1, 2023

The United States produced 4.7 million barrels of base oils in November, 3% less than the same month of 2021 and the fou ...

Aramco Subsidiary Absorbs Motiva Trading

Aramco Subsidiary Absorbs Motiva Trading

Lube Report Americas - January 25, 2023

Saudi Aramco announced Jan. 18 that Houston-based Aramco Trading Americas LLC will be the sole supplier and “offtaker ...

U.S. Auto Sales Slip in 2022

U.S. Auto Sales Slip in 2022

Lube Report Americas - January 25, 2023

Auto sales in the United States declined 8% to 13.7 million units in 2022, the lowest full-year sales total since 2011, ...

U.S., Canada Want in on Mexican Lithium

U.S., Canada Want in on Mexican Lithium

Lube Report Americas - January 25, 2023

Leaders of Mexico, the United States and Canada all have called for private businesses from the latter two companies to ...

Maleic Anhydride Plant to be Built in West Virginia

Maleic Anhydride Plant to be Built in West Virginia

Lube Report Americas - January 18, 2023

TCL Specialties LLC, a subsidiary of India’s Thirumalai Chemicals Ltd., will break ground this month on two manufactur ...

Curacao Talks Proceed Despite Forged Docs

Curacao Talks Proceed Despite Forged Docs

Lube Report Americas - January 18, 2023

In another twist of the Isla Refinery saga, Curacao government officials confirmed the preferred bidder seeking to opera ...

U.S. Base Oil Imports Jumped in October

U.S. Base Oil Imports Jumped in October

Lube Report Americas - January 11, 2023

The United States imported 88% more base oil in October than in the same month in 2021, while exports for the month were ...

U.S. Base Oil Output Down Again

U.S. Base Oil Output Down Again

Lube Report Americas - January 4, 2023

Base oil production in the United States dropped to 4.4 million barrels, the third straight month that the volume was be ...

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Shell Acquires Lubrication Systems Firm

Lube Report Americas - December 28, 2022

Shell, through its subsidiary Pennzoil-Quaker State, acquired the parent company of Allied Reliability Inc., an industri ...

EPA Tightens Heavy-duty Emissions Caps

EPA Tightens Heavy-duty Emissions Caps

Lube Report Americas - December 28, 2022

United States President Joe Biden’s administration published a final rule last week tightening caps on heavy-duty truc ...

New Vehicle CO2 Emissions Drop in U.S.

New Vehicle CO2 Emissions Drop in U.S.

Lube Report Americas - December 21, 2022

In model year 2021, the average estimated real-world carbon dioxide emission rate for all new vehicles sold in the Unite ...

Shell Acquires 49% Stake in Rerefiner

Shell Acquires 49% Stake in Rerefiner

Lube Report Americas - December 7, 2022

Shell announced that its Pennzoil-Quaker State Co. purchased a 49% interest in Blue Tide Environmental LLC, which plans ...

Oleon Acquires Blending Plant in Texas

Oleon Acquires Blending Plant in Texas

Lube Report Americas - December 7, 2022

Oleochemical producer Oleon acquired a blending plant in Conroe, Texas, the company announced this week. Oleon’s ester ...

U.S. Base Oils Fall in September

U.S. Base Oils Fall in September

Lube Report Americas - November 30, 2022

The United States’ base oil production declined 16% in September, and production for the first nine months of the year ...

U.S. Leads North America’s Rebound

U.S. Leads North America’s Rebound

Lube Report Americas - November 30, 2022

North American lubricant demand in 2021 almost recovered to pre-pandemic levels, driven by strong growth in the United S ...

Profits Up for Valvoline

Profits Up for Valvoline

Lube Report Americas - November 16, 2022

Valvoline’s new business model – following the August announcement of the sale of its lubes unit to Saudi Aramco – ...