1. Base Oil Chapter

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


2. Additives Chapter

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


Briefly Noted

BP Completes Sale of 65% Castrol Stake to Stonepeak BP has completed the sale of a 65% stake in Castrol to U.S. investme...


Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Having been through a week where crude and product prices escalated to new recent highs, the base oil scene in Europe, t...


Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Throughout Europea, the Middle East and Africa certain base oil prices are coming under significant and conflicting pres...


Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

The ongoing spat between United State President Donald Trump and his counterpart in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, shows ...


Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Base oil prices across Europe, the Middle East and Africa remain buoyed by crude and feedstock prices that are still hig...


Fuchs’ Century of Acquisition

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


Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Over the past few months European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets have witnessed many innovative actions to...


Market Profile: Australia’s Precarious Market

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...