1. Base Oil Chapter

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


3. Finished Lubricants Chapter

Finished Lubricants Explained Contributor – July 9, 2025 Finished lubricants are pre-formulated fluids d...


4. Grease Chapter

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


2. Additives Chapter

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


Interflon Snags NSF’s MOAH-free Lube Certification

Interflon received NSF 538 MOAH-free certification for more than 30 H1 and 3H food-grade lubricants, adding to its NSF 5...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Base oil business activity was fairly subdued and prices were generally stable, but some players wondered whether this m...


Group III Crisis Unresolved as API Extends Relief

The Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association said the American Petroleum Institute’s latest extension to emerge...


Clean Marine Fuels and their Implications for Lubes

The world may — or may not — soon have a regulation prodding the shipping industry to use cleaner fuels. Depending o...


Searching for Supply Crisis Solution

Lube producers looking for alternative Group III sources found that other suppliers were already sold out. Rerefined bas...


Fuchs’ Century of Acquisition

Fuchs’ growth through acquisition and organic expansion spans 95 years.