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...


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...


Briefly Noted

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...


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...


Why Routes to Market Matter

Strategic decisions about how and where to supply finished products can greatly affect a company’s success.


September Base Oil Report

Gabriela Wheeler looks hard for good news in the base oil market.


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

Mounting supplies and wavering demand continued to place downward pressure on API Group I and Group II prices in Asia, b...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

With the API Group III base oil segment seeing little relief in terms of supply levels, it was not surprising that yet a...