Brazil Base Oil Output Fell in July

Base oil production in Brazil rose to its highest level of the year in July but was still down 9% from the same month of...


India Police Arrest Four in Counterfeit Lube Sting

Police in India’s Odisha state have arrested four people in connection with an alleged operation manufacturing and sup...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

The supply and demand balance in the API Group III segment remained extremely tight, while crude oil and feedstock price...


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IPAC Jurong New Facility International Petroleum Products & Additives Co. opened a new manufacturing plant on Singap...


Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

United States envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner revived separate talks last weekend with Russian and Ukrainian pres...


Naugalube® APAN S Provides Optimal Protection for High Temperature Lubricants

Naugalube® APAN S from LANXESS, one of the world’s leading antioxidant suppliers, is an advanced liquid aminic antiox...


The Black Sheep Comes Home: Rerefined Base Oils Is the Next Strategic Bet

Slicker Recycling’s Mark Olpin makes a case for stepping up used oil rerefining in the United Kingdom.


Reassessing Silicone Lubricants: New Opportunities for Modern Greases

Silicone base stocks are attracting new attention for greases, partly because of developments in thickener technology an...


Sinclair Replaces Petro-Canada with SK Enmove, Chevron

The decision to close its Petro-Canada base oil plant will turn H.F. Sinclair’s lubricants and specialties business fr...


Crisis Puts Distributors Between Rock, Hard Place

The global supply crisis has put base oil distributors in difficult positions.