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.
Cross Oil and Calumet announced price increases for their naphthenic oils this week. Base oil and lubricant market parti …
A more cautious buyers’ attitude and higher availability levels have resulted in softer market conditions in Asia, wit …
Many households and businesses were still recovering from the impact of Hurricane Ida, which battered large swaths of th …
Improved availability of most grades and a seasonal slowdown, together with the spread of the Delta variant and localize …
Base oil facilities along the United States Gulf Coast appeared to largely avoid damage over the weekend from Hurricane …
Turning Down the Heat
Just like the Olympic flame was extinguished in Tokyo in early August following the completion …
The downward price trend observed in Asian base oil markets persisted, but the reductions were more moderate than in the …
Conflicting currents roiled the United States base oils market, as healthy demand and limited availability in some segme …
Base oil prices were generally softer this week in Asia, but conditions varied from segment to segment. Some of the heav …
While the supply and demand tightness witnessed since late 2020 has started to ease in some base oil segments, the Unite …
A seasonal slowdown and an increasing number of coronavirus infections, driven by the Delta variant, were acting as a da …
Activity has not let up significantly in the United States market despite the summer holidays, with most base stocks see …
The alarming spread of the Delta strain of the coronavirus was a variable that base oil market participants have started …
Commanding almost as much interest as the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, base oil supply and demand continued to be closely w …
Unboxing July
July turned out to be another busy month for base oil market participants, which is a far cry from yea …
A changed scenario started to emerge in Asia, with improved availability of a number of base oil grades encouraging some …
It has been another active week in the U.S. base oils market, with no signs of the “dog days of summer” so typical o …
After months of extremely tight supply conditions and continuous upward price adjustments, availability of certain base …
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