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 ...

The Dutch lubricants market is shrinking while higher-value products and services gain importance.

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A small number of base oil cargoes — probably the first since the Strait of Hormuz closed in March — have made it o...

S-Oil reported third-quarter operating profit of 1.41 trillion won (US$1.0 billion), up 513.7% from a year earlier, as h...

BP Completes Sale of 65% Castrol Stake to Stonepeak BP has completed the sale of a 65% stake in Castrol to U.S. investme...

Steep crude oil and feedstock prices and increases in the cost of energy, transportation and other inputs continued to e...