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 ...


Starfire: Your Partner In Uncertain Times

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


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....


October Base Oil Report

The Strait of Hormuz remained mostly closed to ship traffic, continuing to cause upheaval to the base oil market. Gabrie...


Market Profile: Australia’s Precarious Market

A developed lube market at the end of long supply chains is at the whim of events sometimes on the other side of the wor...


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

Spot base oil prices underwent few fluctuations during the week on muted trading as participants seemed to take a pause ...


EU Car Market Shifts Further to Electrification

European new-car registrations increased 5.3% in the first eight months of 2026, and the shift in powertrains is continu...