Base oil production in Brazil rose to its highest level of the year in July but was still down 9% from the same month of 2025, according to the latest ...

Silicone base stocks are attracting new attention for greases, partly because of developments in thickener technology and the press for PFAS-free prod ...

The global supply crisis has put base oil distributors in difficult positions.

Strategic decisions about how and where to supply finished products can greatly affect a company’s success.

Gabriela Wheeler looks hard for good news in the base oil market.

Participants in a Lubes’n’Greases webinar discussed how fall-out from the war between the United States, Israel and Iran has roiled base oil marke ...

Evolving performance standards for passenger car engine oils have narrowed formulator base stock options, making base oil supply more vulnerable to ge ...

Incorrect conclusions and lack of understanding lead the power generation industry to blame Group II base stocks for increasing oil deposits in power ...

The Light at the End of the Tunnel Will the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran hold? Will crude oil and base oil shipments from t ...

China-based Richful Lube Additive Co. Ltd. was in the midst of a large global expansion. Then the European Union sanctioned the company for allegedly ...

First article in a two-part series from Ernie Henderson examining the history that made base oil markets vulnerable to geopolitical conflict.

ABN Resource’s DEI survey reveals a lubricants industry that is deeply divided on this hot-button subject.

No end in sight to the chaos in the Gulf.

The memorandum of understanding signed by the United States and Iran over the weekend ignited renewed hopes that ongoing hostilities in the Middle Eas ...

A provisional ceasefire and an end to hostilities between the United States and Iran announced at the start of the week immediately caused crude oil f ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.