Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report Gabriela Wheeler – January 5, 2026 Similar conditions to those seen during the last weeks of 2025 ...

The base oils market was understandably quiet during the last few days of the year, with the recent posted price decreases having been implemented for ...

Valencia, Spain — Regulatory pressure, tariffs and sanctions, evolving lubricant specifications and rising defense and infrastructure spending are r ...

Base oil prices were largely steady as trading wound down ahead of New Year’s – one of the most important holidays in some countries –when numer ...

BP agreed to sell a 65% stake in its Castrol lubricants division to U.S. infrastructure investor Stonepeak, in a deal that values the century-old busi ...

The Technical Association of the European Lubricants Industry (ATIEL) has issued an updated version of its engine oil Code of Practice that, for the f ...

Valencia, Spain – Europe and Asia are rapidly reshaping the rerefined base oil market, emerging as the dominant global hubs as sustainability mandat ...

HollyFrontier announced a posted price decrease for most of its API Group I base stocks this week, in the wake of similar initiatives by Chevron, Exxo ...

With demand not expected to pick up in earnest until February, when many consumers start to build inventories for the spring lubricant production seas ...

The European Commission published its automotive package, outlining initial measures aimed at aligning the bloc’s decarbonization goals with competi ...

SK Enmove Opens China Technology Center in ShanghaiSK Enmove held an opening ceremony on Dec. 15 for its China Technology Center&n ...

According to reports, ExxonMobil and Paulsboro Refining Co. planned to decrease posted prices this week, on the heels of similar adjustments by Chevro ...

The American Petroleum Institute (API) Lubricants Group has agreed to move forward with balloting on three proposals tied to the next heavy-duty en ...

Almost 18 months after initiating an investigation, the United Kingdom’s Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) issued its final determination on dumped ...

A new feedstock agreement with state-owned Saudi Aramco ensures operations at Luberef’s API Group I base oil unit in Jeddah, western Saudi Arabia, u ...

Languid buying appetite and ample supplies continued to exert downward pressure on spot prices in Asian base oil markets. Buyers who were holding adeq ...

Aster Chemicals and Energy will fork out U.S.$155 million to upgrade its refinery on Pulau Bukom in Singapore, the company said Dec. 9.  

The base oils market moseyed its way through the last weeks of the year, with participants reporting business at predicted levels amid expectations th ...

Representatives of Europe’s waste oil rerefining industry called on the European Union to help grow the industry with stronger regulations and clear ...

The volume of finished lubricant sales by independent manufacturers in North America rose 3.7% from 2018 to 2024, according to a new study by S&P ...