Disruptions

New Grease Spec Coming to Market

New Grease Spec Coming to Market

September 2, 2020

The National Lubricating Grease Institute will publish details of its new High Performance Multiuse grease specification ...

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Gulf Base Oil Plants Weather Laura

September 2, 2020

The United States base oil market is still waiting for information about the reopening of the Excel Paralubes plant in W ...

ACC Extends Emergency Protocol

ACC Extends Emergency Protocol

August 26, 2020

The American Chemistry Council last week extended to Dec. 31 its emergency protocol meant to give companies flexibility ...

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Gulf Plants Batten Down for Laura

August 26, 2020

Refineries in eastern Texas and Louisiana are closing or scaling back operations as an intensifying Hurricane Laura barr ...

Hope for Recovery Voiced at Webinar

Hope for Recovery Voiced at Webinar

July 15, 2020

Order volumes for every lubricants market sector, from base oils and additives to finished lubes, dropped by 40% in Apri ...

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Base Oil Report: Trends

July 2, 2020

Caitlin Jacobs gives an overview of global base oil capacity in 2020 and previews how the picture may change after the p ...

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Grim Outlook Given for Industry

July 1, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused serious damage to lubricants markets around the world, but the bigger problem could be ...

Dire Times Forecast for Industry

Dire Times Forecast for Industry

June 28, 2020

The lubricant industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, and demand could remain depressed at least into 2022, ...

Turkish Refinery Set to Reopen

Turkish Refinery Set to Reopen

June 8, 2020

Turkey’s only base oil plant is likely to resume production once Tupras restarts its Izmir refinery on July 1. Operati ...

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Localities Faulted for Response to Rouen Fire

June 8, 2020

A French Senate inquiry last week blasted local and regional governments’ response to the September 2019 blaze at a Lu ...

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Promoting Out of a Crisis

May 22, 2020

As China slowly reopens its economy, domestic lube suppliers see survival at the top of the agenda and are using promoti ...

Japan’s Car Sales Slump in April

Japan’s Car Sales Slump in April

May 22, 2020

Registrations for sales of new passenger cars, trucks and buses fell 29 percent in April, compared to a year earlier, ac ...

Solomon: Pandemic to Close Base Oil Plants

Solomon: Pandemic to Close Base Oil Plants

May 15, 2020

The economic crises created by the Covid-19 pandemic will probably trigger an overdue consolidation of global base oil c ...

Pandemic Hits Rerefiners from Both Sides

Pandemic Hits Rerefiners from Both Sides

May 8, 2020

Rerefiners in North America are feeling the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in the form of reduced demand for their bas ...

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Palm Oil Producers Reopen in Sabah

May 8, 2020

The Malaysian state of Sabah allowed palm oil plantations and mills to reopen last month after setting conditions aimed ...

GP, Gulf Blending Plants Back Online

GP, Gulf Blending Plants Back Online

May 8, 2020

GP Petroleums Ltd. and Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd. announced the reopening of blending plants in India, after receivi ...

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Castor Oil Supply from India Resumes

April 29, 2020

Shipments of castor oil derivatives are flowing from India once again, easing availability of popular grease additives a ...

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Lube Marketers Cut Prices

April 24, 2020

Several major and independent lubricant marketers have reduced prices on finished products in the United States in recen ...