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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.
A more balanced supply and demand scenario appeared to be gradually developing in Asia, but a few base oil grades were s …
Motiva, Excel Paralubes, Phillips 66, Calumet, HollyFrontier, Petro-Canada, Paulsboro, SK Americas and Safety-Kleen comm …
Price trends were diverging in Asia because availability of some base oil grades remained extremely tight while others b …
Chevron, ExxonMobil and Avista Oil announced posted price increases this week, introducing the sixth round of markups si …
There continued to be a shortage of a number of base oil grades, but supply appeared to be improving with the restart of …
Concerns about supply shortages seemed to be heightened by the unexpected outage at Ergon’s paraffinic base oil plant …
The extreme supply and demand imbalance observed in the base oil market in Asia appeared to be abating as refineries res …
Calumet, SK Americas, HollyFrontier, Petro-Canada, Paulsboro, Avista Oil and Safety-Kleen announced posted price increas …
The Dog Days of Summer May Be a Thing of the Past
Up until a couple of years ago, most base oil market players in th …
Demand for spot cargoes has weakened in some countries in Asia, and there were signs that the tight supply situation had …
Chevron announced a posted price increase this week, the producer’s second initiative in a month. The company had last …
Market participants held on to hopes that the prevailing supply tightness would start to ease as requirements in some co …
Participants’ biggest concern continued to be the tight conditions affecting the market over the last several weeks. B …
Tight base oil supply and steady buying interest for the heavy grades were still the driving forces behind climbing spot …
Motiva increased its API Group III posted prices this week, completing a round of hikes that started on April 26 with Ph …
Base oil prices continued on an upward trek in Asia, but buyers have grown increasingly cautious regarding volumes and p …
Ergon, Calumet and San Joaquin Refining will be increasing naphthenic base oil prices this week, joining Cross Oil, whic …
Ready for a Change
The first quarter of the year was certainly a challenge. Base oil producers dealt with unex …
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