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.
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Just when the base oil market seemed to be settling, the new year ushered in a round price decreases.
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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.
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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 …
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