API Base Oil Definitions The American Petroleum Institute (API) classifies base oils into five groups under API 1509, ba...

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What Is Lubricating Grease? Lubricating grease, unlike lubricating oil, is a semi-solid lubricant composed of a base oil...

Since the easing of pressure exerted across the global economy by the COVID-19 pandemic, demand for lubricant additives ...

With the conflict in the Middle East stretching supply chains and causing significant disruption and uncertainty across ...

The base oil crisis will lead lubricant manufacturers to work in a variety of ways to make supply chains more resilient....

The Strait of Hormuz remained mostly closed to ship traffic, continuing to cause upheaval to the base oil market. Gabrie...

A developed lube market at the end of long supply chains is at the whim of events sometimes on the other side of the wor...

Spot base oil prices underwent few fluctuations during the week on muted trading as participants seemed to take a pause ...

European new-car registrations increased 5.3% in the first eight months of 2026, and the shift in powertrains is continu...