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.
Be Careful What You Wish For
A little over year ago, when an unknown virus plunged the world into a pandemic, base o …
A majority of base oil suppliers implemented posted price increases over the past couple of weeks, with Motiva and Safet …
The strained spot supply conditions in Asia were not expected to improve significantly any time soon, as several plants …
Additional paraffinic base oil producers communicated posted price increases this week, following ExxonMobil’s move a …
The main concern for Asian base oil consumers this week was the lack of availability of most grades, with unplanned and …
News that ExxonMobil had communicated posted price increases hit the market this week, with participants indicating that …
Base oil buyers in Asia faced the arduous challenge of locating supplies to cover immediate requirements, as the market …
The base oils market remains extremely tight, even as refineries resume operations following unplanned shutdowns caused …
Unlike a year ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic had just started to affect business activities, leading to a slump in fuel …
Bright Stock Steals the Show
Over the past several years, base oil market participants have repeatedly heard the man …
A number of additional price hikes surfaced during the week, completing the round of markups that started in mid-Februar …
The ongoing tight supply scenario has been aggravated by production outages and force majeure declarations in the United …
Two United States base oil producers declared force majeure, following unplanned shutdowns due to extreme winter weather …
The base oil market was gripped by fresh concerns about the global supply tightness, possibly exacerbated this week by w …
Paraffinic and naphthenic base oil producers communicated price increases over the last several days, initiating a secon …
The prevailing tight supply conditions and rising crude oil values triggered steeper spot price ideas, with buyers osten …
Ongoing tight supply conditions, coupled with firming crude oil and feedstock prices, placed upward pressure on base oil …
One of the unexpected effects of the coronavirus pandemic has been a dearth in availability of most base oil grades, des …
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