Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Motiva, SK Enmove and Avista Oil announced posted price increases, driven by tight global availability of Group II+ and ...


Chevron Taps HF Sinclair, Renkert for Base Oil Distribution

Chevron Products Company will expand its North American base oils distribution network through new agreements with HF Si...


Gulf Coast Refineries Unscathed by Bertha

Refineries along the Gulf of Mexico were largely unaffected by Tropical Storm Bertha, which first made landfall in south...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Market attention partly turned to events happening closer to home than the Middle East conflict this week, as a tropical...


Briefly Noted

More Growth for Fuchs Fuchs China opened a new specialty lubricant plant in Wujiang, Suzhou, on July 16, expanding its l...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Intensifying hostilities between the United States and Iran and the renewed closing of the Strait of Hormuz continued to...


Briefly Noted

Fuchs Sets Up New Lab in UK Fuchs Lubricants (UK) plc opened a new quality control laboratory at its manufacturing site ...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

With the Strait of Hormuz once again effectively closed to vessel traffic, the chances that fresh crude oil and base oil...


Shell Finally Sheds Jiffy Lube

Shell has completed the sale of its Jiffy Lube business in the United States to an affiliate of Monomoy Capital Partners...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Just when the Middle East situation was starting to look up and an increasing number of vessels had been able to transit...