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

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

What Is Lubricating Grease? Lubricating grease, unlike lubricating oil, is a semi-solid lubricant composed of a base oil...

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.

As automotive engine oil specifications evolve, older specs can become obsolete either because their performance is no l...

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

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...

Shell sold 66,000 barrels per day of lubricants in the third quarter of 2026, down 25% from 88,000 b/d a year earlier an...