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What Gets Measured, Gets Improved

What Gets Measured, Gets Improved

September 4, 2025

An Operations Excellence Practitioner’s Perspective  Annual medical checkups are a common part of life these d ...

Spotlight on Esters

Spotlight on Esters

September 4, 2025

LANXESS discusses the performance benefits of Calcium Sulfonate Complex (CSC) grease.

Lube Group Presents Waste Oil Management Plan in Chile 

Lube Group Presents Waste Oil Management Plan in Chile 

September 4, 2025

A collective waste lubricant management organization seeks approval from the regulators.

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

September 3, 2025

The Labor Day holiday on Sept. 1 officially ushered in the end of the summer driving season in the United States and wit ...

Career Moves: Who’s Now Working Where

Career Moves: Who’s Now Working Where

September 3, 2025

Who's now working where

Triboserv Joins Kluber’s Stable

Triboserv Joins Kluber’s Stable

September 3, 2025

Kluber Lubrication acquired lubricant automation firm TriboServ for an undisclosed sum.

China HDDO Demand Dips as Economy Cools

China HDDO Demand Dips as Economy Cools

September 3, 2025

Demand for heavy-duty diesel oils is expected to continue its decline through 2029 in China, largely due to a struggling ...

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Briefly Noted

September 3, 2025

Seqens introduced Sulfad 1529E, an extreme pressure additive now listed on the Lubricant Substance Classification (LuSC) ...

September Base Oil Report

September Base Oil Report

September 2, 2025

Unfettered production and lackluster demand left U.S. base oil supply and demand in relaxed balance.

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

September 2, 2025

This week has seen a surge in demand across all regions for various quantities of base oils. Whether this is as a result ...

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Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

September 1, 2025

Supply and demand factors were still playing the main part in determining base oil price direction in Asia, as crude oil ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

August 28, 2025

Some market discussions centered on the devastating explosion and fire that occurred at Smitty’s Supply Inc.’s blend ...

Algeria Import Monopoly Reportedly Lifted

Algeria Import Monopoly Reportedly Lifted

August 28, 2025

Confusion looms over Algeria’s lubricant market this week after the reported lifting of a monopoly on the import of lu ...

Gulf Oil Lubricants Expands Blending Plants

Gulf Oil Lubricants Expands Blending Plants

August 27, 2025

Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. announced recently that it will expand both of its finished lubricant blending plants in ...

Kixx Refreshes its Branding as it Looks to the Future

Kixx Refreshes its Branding as it Looks to the Future

August 27, 2025

To coincide with its 20th anniversary, Kixx, the lubricant brand of GS Caltex, is excited to reveal a new branding, iden ...

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ExxonMobil to Make Group III at Baytown

August 27, 2025

ExxonMobil announced Wednesday that it will upgrade the base oil plant at its Baytown, Texas, refinery, giving it capaci ...

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Ukraine Lube Industry Shifts from Russia

August 27, 2025

Ukraine imported 175,200 tons of finished lubricants in 2024, mostly from Polish and Turkish suppliers, consulting firm ...