Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

The supply and demand balance in the API Group III segment remained extremely tight, while crude oil and feedstock price...


Reassessing Silicone Lubricants: New Opportunities for Modern Greases

Silicone base stocks are attracting new attention for greases, partly because of developments in thickener technology an...


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...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

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


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Calumet and Chevron joined several other base oil producers who communicated posted price increases in August. The marku...


Clean Harbors to Acquire EnviroServe

Clean Harbors has agreed to acquire environmental and waste management company EnviroServe for $470 million in cash, exp...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

According to reports, ExxonMobil and HF Sinclair announced posted price increases on the heels of several initiatives by...


25 Years of Varnish and the Mistake We Keep Making

Incorrect conclusions and lack of understanding lead the power generation industry to blame Group II base stocks for inc...


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 ...


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...