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A flare-up in hostilities between the United States and Iran pushed a tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East into the unknown, and kept crude oil prices ...

Vietnam has tightened recycling requirements for lubricant marketers and importers under a new extended producer responsibility regime that took effec ...

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June 10, 2026

Liquid Moly Anti-counterfeit Measure Liqui Moly has rolled out a product authentication system for its motor oils that allows customers to verify p ...

Ukraine’s expanding drone campaign against Russian oil infrastructure has reached facilities producing base oils and lubricants, raising concerns th ...

Given a resurgence of hostilities in the Middle East, a peace deal between Israel and the United States and Iran seemed to be less likely to be achiev ...

Base oil prices continued to be exposed to upward pressure from steep crude oil prices, as flows from the Middle East remained constrained by the near ...

Base oil inventories in the United States are shrinking as domestic demand accelerates, according to the latest figures published by the U.S. Energy I ...

Hungarian energy company MOL Group said it is continuing to produce base oils, albeit at reduced rates, as the company recovers from a fire at its Sz ...

While no conclusive agreement to end the United States-Israel-Iran war had been achieved last week, there had been muted optimism that negotiations wo ...

ExxonMobil has suspended operations at one of its chemical manufacturing plants in Singapore, citing unfavorable market conditions, according to repor ...

Registrations under the landmark chemicals regulation began in 2007, but implementation has several steps, and some grease thickeners are still in pro ...

Costs for the key grease ingredient have eased for now, but a Nynas official predicts grease suppliers will continue encountering reasons to consider ...

A vendor offers examples of how to use artificial intelligence to sort formulating priorities during supply chain disruptions.

Some of the inputs for calculating product carbon footprints can vary significantly, which underscores the importance of specific data, but some data ...

News emerged that Excel Paralubes and Avista Oil had adjusted prices last week, along with other producers’ markups. Posted price increases have slo ...

Azerbaijan produced 32,800 metric tons of industrial and automotive lubricants in 2025, according to the country’s State Statistics Committee. The c ...

According to industry data released Wednesday by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, new car registrations in the European Union ros ...

Turkey’s lubricant market is facing unprecedented stress on supply chains from the ongoing conflict in neighboring Iran. Financing pressure and ...

Maybe they once were, but those days are long gone, given the range of properties, even within API groups.