British oil major Shell’s plans to convert a hydrocracker at its Wesseling, Germany, refinery into a production unit for API Group III base oil now ...

Venezuelan petrochemical and environmental management company Petromaca’s rerefinery is the latest used lubricant recycling project to spring up in ...

Brazilian lube company Moove has registered for a initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, confirming reports from last month that the ...

July base oil imports to China fell 14% from the same month of 2023 as domestic lubricant demand remained lukewarm and local refiners offer a surplus ...

YPF u-turned last week on a lubricant price hike in Bolivia under pressure from a number of local transport associations.

Armed by big data and social media apps, ExxonMobil’s auto care chain in China, Mobil No.1 Select, is going full length to woo a young generation of ...

Base oil production in Brazil rose 8% in July, compared to the same month last year, according to the latest data from a government agency.

Fierce competition and weak demand are pushing small companies in China’s lube industry to dig deeper to find opportunities, said speakers at an ann ...

Domestic deliveries of finished lubricants in Germany fell 32% in May, compared to the same month last year, according to new data from the Federal Of ...

Officials from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corp. opened an illicit lubricant blending plant in Malta in order to undercut locally blended products, ...

U.K.-based lubricant company Morris Lubricants upgraded its production plant in Shrewsbury, the first step in a long-term investment plan, with more i ...

Base oil production in the United States was about flat in May, compared to the same month of 2023. Meanwhile base oil imports dropped to one of the l ...

Argentinian energy company YPF is divesting from its lubricants business, as well as offering a stake in one of its refineries, so it can concentrate ...

As global environmental concerns and sustainability efforts continue to grow, many governments have started to implement more stringent regulations fo ...

High base oil prices and sterling volume sales didn’t translate into profitability for Saudi Aramco Base Oil Co., known as Luberef. Narrow crack s ...

After 145 years in California, the second-biggest U.S. oil company, Chevron, is moving to Texas, the traditional home of America’s oil industry.

The state’s acquisition of the Sapref refinery in Durban could revive local base oils production in South Africa’s import-dependent lubricant mark ...

Law enforcement over the weekend seized drums of counterfeit Castrol engine oil and packaging during a raid in the city of Bhadohi, Uttar Predesh prov ...

ATC explains its stance on the proposed EU Harmonized Classification and Labelling for C4:C8 and C9 substituted diphenylamine antioxidants.

Base oil production in Germany rose a scant half percentage point year on year to 148,848 metric tons in April, while imports jumped 10% to 78,341 ton ...