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

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

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

With the summer driving season underway and base oil demand beginning to decline as the peak lubricant production cycle winds down, buyers were focuse ...

Vibra, Brazil’s largest fuel distributor, launched a new brand, Vibra Base Oil.

Specialty chemicals formulator and distributor IMCD has agreed to acquire all shares of Apus Química SpA, a Chilean distributor of performance chemic ...

Petrobras plans to invest $6.07 billion in increasing refining and petrochemicals capacity.

Operations at the joint BASF-Sinopec ethanolamines plant in Nanjing are expected to resume at the end of May.

Fuchs Petrolub SE, the German lubricants manufacturer, is investing more than 220 million Brazilian real (U.S.$39 million) to construct a blending fac ...

Saudi Aramco acquired Peruvian fuel distributor Primax for $3.5 billion.

Brazil’s base oil market is off to a slower start in 2025 as domestic production and imports both declined significantly in January compared to the ...

Prosecutors in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro opened an investigation into a large Feb. 8 fire at a Moove finished lubricant factory on Governa ...

Residents were evacuated from a blaze and fluid leak into Guanabara Bay at the Moove lubricant factory near Rio.

Fuchs Group’s unabated business growth continued with a new joint venture in Peru. The German independent lubricant company announced it has formed ...

Brazil’s output of virgin mineral base oils jumped 24% in December, compared to the same month of 2023, rounding out the country’s most productive ...

Brazilian lube company Vibra completed expansion works of its Lubrax lubricant plant in Duque de Caxias to the tune of $16.55 million.

Chile recently adopted an extended responsibility law that will require lubricant suppliers to ensure that their products are recycled after use.

Brazilian refiners continued making base oil at a steady pace in September, churning out 49,000 kiloliters, according to the latest data from the coun ...

Brazilian lubricant maker and distributor Moove acquired Grupo Pax and its three lubricant companies. The Brazilian Antitrust Authority is yet to appr ...

Lubricant maker Moove postponed its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange a few hours before it was due to start. The company blamed ...