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

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

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

Egypt’s Alexandria Mineral Oils Co. completed a production trial at the end of September for an API Group II base oil ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...