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.
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 …
Base oil demand has softened in Asia due to seasonal patterns, upcoming religious festivals, and the traditional efforts …
Cross Oil announced a price increase for naphthenic base oils this week, while on the paraffinic side, suppliers were mo …
Base oil prices were mixed in Asia this week, as some grades moved up, some stayed unchanged and others lost ground beca …
Chevron communicated a posted price increase, breaking a seemingly long hiatus without any paraffinic base oil price adj …
Logistical issues, port congestion and energy supply shortages continued to affect the supply chain in Asia, forcing som …
Market fundamentals were largely stable, although spot prices for the light viscosities continued to be exposed to downw …
More moderate base oil demand, coupled with increased output, continued to exert downward pressure on spot pricing in As …
With logistics gradually recovering after the recent hurricanes on the United States Gulf Coast, buyers and sellers turn …
In the Eye of the Storm
One of the unrelenting concerns for base oil market participants over the past several month …
While the number of COVID-19 cases has started to fall in many countries, leading to a relaxation of pandemic-related re …
Ergon announced a naphthenic base oils price increase this week, joining other producers who have lifted values on the b …
Many countries in Asia have started to relax pandemic-related restrictions and have given up their zero-COVID policies a …
San Joaquin Refining communicated a price increase for its naphthenic base oils on the heels of similar initiatives by C …
Improved supply levels and more prudent buying trends continued to exert downward pressure on Asian spot prices, althoug …
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