API Base Oil Definitions The American Petroleum Institute (API) classifies base oils into five groups under API 1509, ba...

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

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

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

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

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

Luberef reported a 105% increase in net profit for the first nine months of 2026, reaching SAR1.53 billion (U.S.$408 mil...