U.S. refiners continue to participate vigorously in the global base oils trade: From January to June, they sent 13.5 million barrels of the stuff out ...

While the United States remains the largest country market for finished lubricants, its overall growth is underwhelming, according to a webinar presen ...

U.S. output of lubricant base oils rose 10 percent in the first six months of this year, versus the same period a year earlier, according to data rele ...

Safety-Kleens parent company on Monday announced it will begin charging to collect used oil from all non-contract generators and will expand its appli ...

Trucking will remain the dominant mode of freight transportation in the United States over the next 11 years, with the number of Class 8 trucks projec ...

ExxonMobil plans to close the Group I base oil and wax plant at its Beaumont, Texas, refinery by the second quarter of 2016, the company confirmed to ...

Quaker Chemical Corp. acquired Spanish industrial lubes and grease company Verkol last week for $32.4 million. Quaker, of Conshohocken, Pa., said that ...

The American Chemistry Council launched a U.S. specialty chemical market volume index designed to provide a timely source of market trends for 28 mark ...

Calumet Specialty Products and MDU Resources Group marked the completion of their Dakota Prairie diesel fuels refinery this week, noting that its outp ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is toughening its guidelines to clarify that implied tying – language that implies to a consumer that warranty ...

Russian oil major Gazpromneft-Lubricants increased its national sales of motor oils by 24 percent in the first quarter, compared to the year-earlier p ...

U.S. refiners produced close to 60.4 million barrels of base oil in 2014, a 1 percent gain over 2013, according to data published Friday by the Energy ...

Sasol will delay the final investment decision on a 96,000 barrels per day gas-to-liquids plant in Louisiana as part of a plan to conserve cash in res ...

Four more major oil companies notified U.S. customers of finished lubricant price cuts effective from mid-January through mid-February, as the recent ...

ExxonMobil and Phillips 66 each informed customers this week of finished lubricant price cuts that will take effect in early February. Along with redu ...

Chevron notified U.S. customers Dec. 19 that prices for Chevron brand finished lubricants, gear oils and greases will generally decrease by up to 3.5 ...

U.S. refinery production of base oils in the years first half reached 28.6 million barrels. Thats a gain of 2.9 percent over the 27.8 million barrels ...

JX Nippon Oil & Energy USA Inc. will increase its lubricants blending plant capacity in Alabama from 34 million liters per year to 56 million lit ...

Puralube is considering upgrading its rerefinery operations in Germany to produce rerefined API Group III base oil, and it named a former Safety-Kleen ...

Consumers are keeping aging vehicles on the road longer, which is creating a booming market for high mileage and synthetic motor oils, according to th ...