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 ...

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 ...

Uptake of electric vehicles in the United States has passed the 5% tipping point, setting the world’s second-largest auto market on the path to mass ...

WD-40 reported net income of $14.5 million for the quarter ending May 31, a 31% drop from the same period last year, while net sales for its maintenan ...

United States base oils production declined 2% in April, compared to the same month last year, a U.S. government agency reported last week. Output of ...

The United States exported 33% more and imported more than 110% more automotive, diesel and marine engine lubricating oils in 2021 than the country di ...

Ineos Oligomers announced this week the startup of its new 120,000-metric-tons-per-year low viscosity polyalphaolefins unit at its facility in Chocola ...

The average age of light vehicles in the United States rose 9% to 12.1 years in 2021, from 11.1 years in 2012, and is projected to bump up to 12.2 yea ...

Lubricating grease production in North America rose 9% in 2021, according to the National Lubricating Grease Institute’s latest annual survey. Produ ...

Sales at oil change and lubrication shops in the United States climbed 10% to $6.3 billion in 2021, compared to $5.7 billion in 2020, according to a j ...

German-based grease and lubrication systems manufacturer H-T-L Perma USA is expanding its production capacity at a new headquarters in Charlotte, Nort ...

Safety-Kleen has rebranded its rerefined base oils, putting them under the Kleen+ name that emphasizes their reduced carbon footprint. Officials ackno ...