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...


2. Additives Chapter

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


The Price of Performance: Lessons from the Group III Crisis  

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


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...


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

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


Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Tehran submitted its terms for a peace plan, all of which were turned down by Washington. This was another version of or...


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

Compared to earlier in the Iran conflict, base oil supply and demand fundamentals were more balanced in Asia, with the e...


Briefly Noted

Liqui Moly Renews F1 Deal Formula 1 has renewed its partnership with German lubricant and additive manufacturer Liqui Mo...


Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

While the United States and Iran continued attacking each other the past week, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed gro...