Trends & Studies

Hope for Recovery Voiced at Webinar

Hope for Recovery Voiced at Webinar

Lube Report Americas - July 15, 2020

Order volumes for every lubricants market sector, from base oils and additives to finished lubes, dropped by 40% in Apri ...

U.S. Auto Sales Continue Rebound

U.S. Auto Sales Continue Rebound

Lube Report Americas - July 15, 2020

Auto sales in the United States showed signs of life later in the second quarter, though numbers remained down on a year ...

Vehicle Aging Trend Continues

Vehicle Aging Trend Continues

Lube Report Americas - July 8, 2020

The average age of light vehicles in the United States rose 8%, from 10.9 years in 2011 to 11.8 years in 2019, and is pr ...

North American Grease Production Slips

North American Grease Production Slips

Lube Report Americas - July 1, 2020

North American production of lubricating greases seems to have dipped from 2018 to 2019, according to a survey by the Un ...

Additive

Grim Outlook Given for Industry

Lube Report Americas - July 1, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused serious damage to lubricants markets around the world, but the bigger problem could be ...

Air Force Aims to Extend Service Intervals

Air Force Aims to Extend Service Intervals

Lube Report Americas - June 24, 2020

The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Environmental Quality Technical Support Branch is leading a pilot study aim ...

Oil Change Sales Rise

Oil Change Sales Rise

Lube Report Americas - June 24, 2020

Sales for oil change and lubrication shops in the United States reached an estimated $6.6 billion in 2019, up 5% from $6 ...

Use of Base Oil Brokers Rises in Mexico

Use of Base Oil Brokers Rises in Mexico

Lube Report Americas - June 17, 2020

Close to two-thirds of base oil sold by United States refiners into Mexico is transacted through brokers, according to f ...

Covid-19 Impacts Vary by Region, Markets

Covid-19 Impacts Vary by Region, Markets

Lube Report Americas - June 14, 2020

Covid-19’s impacts on lubricant markets varied due to the differences in how and when individual countries’ governme ...

Auto Sales Start to Turn Corner

Auto Sales Start to Turn Corner

Lube Report Americas - June 8, 2020

New light vehicles sales in the United States are expected to reach near 1.1 million units in May according to a recent ...

Lube Demand Drops in Brazil

Lube Demand Drops in Brazil

Lube Report Americas - June 8, 2020

The Covid-19 pandemic has hammered Brazil’s finished lubricant industry, a consultant said this week, causing a sharp ...

Speakers: Recovery Appears Delayed

Speakers: Recovery Appears Delayed

Lube Report Americas - June 1, 2020

Economies around the world may be reopening from lockdowns imposed to prevent the spread of Covid-19, but base oil deman ...

Survey Says EVs Will Spur Big Trends

Survey Says EVs Will Spur Big Trends

Lube Report Americas - May 22, 2020

Trends related to electric vehicles accounted for half of the 10 most popular answers in a global survey of tribologists ...

North America Leads in Alpha Olefin Wax

North America Leads in Alpha Olefin Wax

Lube Report Americas - April 21, 2020

While North America’s petroleum wax supply has declined due to rationalization of API Group I base oil plants, the reg ...

Clean Harbors Hikes Used Oil Pricing

Clean Harbors Hikes Used Oil Pricing

Lube Report Americas - March 4, 2020

Clean Harbors announced on Monday that its Safety-Kleen subsidiary and all of its waste oil collection businesses will r ...

U.S. Group II Exports Forecast to Shift

U.S. Group II Exports Forecast to Shift

Lube Report Americas - February 26, 2020

API Group II exports from the United States will shift from Europe to South America and Africa over the next five years ...

U.S. Wind Power Capacity Still Rising

U.S. Wind Power Capacity Still Rising

Lube Report Americas - February 12, 2020

United States operating wind power capacity grew 9.5 percent in 2019 to almost 105,600 megawatts, while power purchase a ...