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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

October 22, 2025

Most suppliers seemed to agree that domestic demand has been holding at fairly steady levels but has not been robust, wi ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

October 15, 2025

Fundamentals in the base oils market varied according to each category, with a tighter supply and demand scenario for so ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

October 8, 2025

Base oil market participants appeared to have come to terms with current industry conditions and made a concerted e ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

October 1, 2025

Chevron stepped out with a posted price decrease announcement this week – the company’s first price revision since M ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

September 24, 2025

Some base oil cuts were exposed to downward pressure due to sluggish demand and mounting supplies, but others maintained ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

September 17, 2025

Slowing demand from some lubricant segments resulted in lengthening base oil supplies, diminishing support for a number ...

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Viskosil Wins Trademark Case Against Vistony

September 17, 2025

Peruvian lubricant supplier Viskosil Industries won a trademark infringement judgement last month against competitor Vis ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

September 10, 2025

Editor’s note: The price table below initially contained errors, which led us to remove and correct it. The table is n ...

Lube Group Presents Waste Oil Management Plan in Chile 

Lube Group Presents Waste Oil Management Plan in Chile 

September 4, 2025

A collective waste lubricant management organization seeks approval from the regulators.

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

September 3, 2025

The Labor Day holiday on Sept. 1 officially ushered in the end of the summer driving season in the United States and wit ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

August 28, 2025

Some market discussions centered on the devastating explosion and fire that occurred at Smitty’s Supply Inc.’s blend ...

New Distribution Deals Puts Richful into Latin America

New Distribution Deals Puts Richful into Latin America

August 20, 2025

Richful inked a deal with BAISA to be its exclusive distributor for Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America.

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

August 20, 2025

The summer driving season in the United States is about to reach its denouement, and this dampened motor oil consumption ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

August 13, 2025

While domestic base oil prices were mostly stable, spot export indications for some grades have slipped on account of gr ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

July 30, 2025

With supply and demand conditions showing little change over the week, base oil prices were generally reported as stable ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

July 23, 2025

The base oils market seems to have slipped into a summer slumber, with demand described as steady, but not particularly ...

Vibra Mulls Moove Purchase

Vibra Mulls Moove Purchase

July 21, 2025

Brazil’s Vibra Energia kicked off discussions with Cosan S.A. over potentially buying its lubricants business Moove.