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...


4. Grease Chapter

What Is Lubricating Grease? Lubricating grease, unlike lubricating oil, is a semi-solid lubricant composed of a base oil...


2. Additives Chapter

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


New Plant Expands Afton Indian Additives Manufacturing

Afton Chemical announced it had broken ground on a new driveline and industrial lubricant additives manufacturing facili...


German Additive Companies Lift Outlooks

German specialty chemicals producers Evonik and Lanxess reported stronger third-quarter earnings, with higher selling pr...


Briefly Noted

NTN Starts Mass Production Of High-speed Spindle Grease Japan’s NTN Corp. began mass production of its SP-1 high-speed...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

The consensus on API Group III base oils was that conditions have not changed dramatically and there were still severe s...


Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

During the course of last week, in talking to a number of sources across all regions in European, Middle Eastern and Afr...


Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

During the course of last week, in talking to a number of sources across all regions in European, Middle Eastern and Afr...