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....


ExxonMobil: Trends Shape Base Oils

Global economic growth, population trends, emissions standards and changing lubricant requirements will continue to shap...


Court Upholds Oregon Packaging EPR Law

A federal district court has upheld Oregon’s packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) law against a constituti...


D-A Lubricant Eyes $17 million Expansion in Indiana

D-A Lubricant Co. plans to invest $17 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Lebanon, Indiana, adding a 115,0...


ILMA: Canada Tariff Burdens Lube Blenders

A new 50% U.S. tariff on selected imported Canadian goods has taken effect, adding costs for lubricant manufacturers, ac...


Briefly Noted

Fuchs Opens Americas Technology Center in Massachusetts Fuchs has unveiled a new Americas Technology Center in Taunton, ...


U.S. Lube Exports Ease in June After Strong Spring

Exports of finished lubricants produced in the United States fell for the second month in a row in June after reaching t...