3. Finished Lubricants Chapter

Finished Lubricants Explained Contributor – July 9, 2025 Finished lubricants are pre-formulated fluids d...


Starfire: Your Partner In Uncertain Times

With the conflict in the Middle East stretching supply chains and causing significant disruption and uncertainty across ...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Firm crude oil and feedstock prices and a fairly tight supply and demand balance continued to exert upward pressure on b...


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

Compared to earlier in the Iran conflict, base oil supply and demand fundamentals were more balanced in Asia, with the e...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Additional posted price increase notifications emerged this week, with Chevron and Petro-Canada informing customers of p...


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

Spot base oil prices were steady-to-firm in Asia this week, with the recent downward trend observed in API Group I and G...


September Base Oil Report

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


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...


Briefly Noted

Colonial Group to Acquire Foster Fuels Colonial Group Inc. has agreed to acquire Foster Fuels, bringing the Virginia-bas...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Excel Paralubes communicated a posted price increase, following similar initiatives by other base oil producers since th...