Editor, Base Oils - Gabriela Wheeler joined Lubes'n'Greases Publishing as base oils editor in 2013. She was previously senior editor at ICIS, where she was responsible for weekly price analysis and news about diverse markets, from base oils to polyolefins, fertilizers and sulphuric acid. Gabriela graduated with an M.A. in English and Linguistics from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, and currently resides with her family in Tokyo, Japan, having also lived and worked in the United States, Argentina, Poland, the Dominican Republic and Denmark.
Once more, supply and demand do not match in the North American base oil market. What has caused the imbalance?
Posted base oil prices seemed to settle into a more typical pattern this fall, but has the market returned to normality …
Base oil pricing dynamics cooled off a bit in September. Gabriela Wheeler explains which factors helped to steady the ma …
Base oil pricing dynamics have been hot all year long, but things may finally be cooling down.
Crude oil and feedstock prices remain volatile, and the summer months have ushered in yet another round of base oil pric …
With the war in Ukraine still raging on and feedstock prices soaring, this summer is shaping up to be a wild ride for th …
One of my longtime dreams has come true. I can bid adieu to the chaos of wires and chargers that fill a whole drawer in …
Crude oil and feedstock pricing has been volatile, making it difficult for base oil producers to formulate a game plan. …
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, that started on February 24, is not only unleashing devastation and misery on the Ukra …
Gabriela Wheeler explains some of the most prevalent factors contributing to the current—and confusing—base oil pric …
The world is charging down the road to vehicle electrification, but recycling electric vehicle batteries is one of the b …
In Japan, recycling is an amateur sport, or, at the very least, a national pastime. People spend lots of time preparing …
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has wreaked havoc on the oil and gas industry, prompting base oil producers to up prices …
Despite tough market conditions, base oil producers have been working toward a more sustainable future, reports Gabriela …
Whether 2022 brings the base oil market hardship, prosperity or a combination of the two remains a mystery, but the indu …
Despite the emergence of the Omicron variant, base oil fundamentals appeared to lean toward a more balanced state as the …
The Winds of Change
After several months of fairly tumultuous and heated market conditions—with monthly posted pri …
November Cooldown
The naphthenic base oil segment in the United States was where most of the upward price action too …
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