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Brazil Base Oil Output Bounces Back

April 16, 2025

Oil refiners in Brazil produced 52,160 metric tons of base oil in March, according to the latest government data, the fi ...

Fuchs Acquires MWF Maker IRMCO

Fuchs Acquires MWF Maker IRMCO

April 7, 2025

German independent lubricant manufacturer Fuchs bought IRMCO Advanced Metalforming Lubricant Technologies.

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U.S. Base Oil Demand in Long Decline

April 4, 2025

Base oil demand in the United States should increase slightly this year, but will remain significantly below pre-COVID-1 ...

Blue Tide’s Baytown Facility Finished

Blue Tide’s Baytown Facility Finished

April 4, 2025

Blue Tide and Pennzoil-Quaker State have completed their new rerefinery in Baytown.

Chevron Adds Group III+ in Pascagoula

Chevron Adds Group III+ in Pascagoula

March 12, 2025

Chevron said Tuesday that it will add API Group III+ production capability at its base oil plant in Pascagoula, Louisian ...

Singapore Firm Buys Savant Group

Singapore Firm Buys Savant Group

March 12, 2025

Singaporean investment holding company Paeonia Group has acquired Savant Group for an undisclosed sum.

Growth Opportunities in a Declining Market

Growth Opportunities in a Declining Market

March 3, 2025

How can lubricant makers in the U.S. grow despite declining demand? Tom Glenn weighs in.

US Pauses Canadian, Mexican Tariffs

US Pauses Canadian, Mexican Tariffs

February 5, 2025

The United States on Tuesday walked back tariffs scheduled to take effect that day on goods imported from Canada and Mex ...

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US Base Oil Output Dipped in November

February 5, 2025

United States refiners produced a modest 4.4 million barrels of base oil in November, according to new data from the fed ...

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ALS Buys Chemlube’s Lube Division

January 10, 2025

Advanced Lubrication Specialties has bought Chemlube International LLC’s lubricants division, which features a finishe ...

EPA Calls Formaldehyde Health Risk

EPA Calls Formaldehyde Health Risk

January 8, 2025

The Unite States Environmental Protection Agency formally concluded last week that formaldehyde poses an unreasonable he ...

Ingevity Spends on Charleston Plant

Ingevity Spends on Charleston Plant

December 11, 2024

United States-based chemical maker Ingevity will invest more than U.S.$53 million into a facility near its headquarters ...

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Cerilon GTL Plant Receives Permit

December 11, 2024

Cerilon, the start-up company working to build North America’s first gas-to-liquids base oil plant, said Tuesday that ...

September U.S. Base Oil Imports Jump

September U.S. Base Oil Imports Jump

December 11, 2024

Lubricant makers in the United States gobbled up record quantities of imported base stocks in September, according to re ...

Axel Royal Back in Operation After Fire

Axel Royal Back in Operation After Fire

November 27, 2024

An investigation is ongoing into the cause of a fire at Axel Royal’s Tulsa factory last Tuesday. The blaze sent plumes ...

ReGen III Secures More Funding

ReGen III Secures More Funding

November 27, 2024

Waste oil rerefiner ReGen III aims to be the world’s largest producer of regenerated API Group III base oil when the ...

Clean Harbors Ups Collection Fees

Clean Harbors Ups Collection Fees

November 13, 2024

Clean Harbors Inc. warned customers that it has “significantly” raised waste oil collection fees to offset depressed ...