Volume 32, Issue 9

Gabriela Wheeler looks hard for good news in the base oil market. • Slicker Recycling’s Mark Olpin makes a case for stepping up used oil rerefining in the United Kingdom. • Silicone base stocks are attracting new attention for greases, partly because of developments in thickener technology and the press for PFAS-free products. • The decision to close its Petro-Canada base oil plant will turn H.F. Sinclair’s lubricants and specialties business from a manufacturer to distributor of Group II and III base stocks. • Strategic decisions about how and where to supply finished products can greatly affect a company’s success. • The global supply crisis has put base oil distributors in difficult positions.