Ray Masson

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EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

The COVID-19 pandemic is once again tightening its grip on many markets – with Europe and the Americas seeing the bigg …

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Base oil trade has been dull the past few weeks, perhaps because of the summer recess, although the re-emergence of a nu …

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report temporarily publishes Ray Masson’s column every other week. His EMEA Base Oil Price Report will appear aga …

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Globally, green shoots are appearing in some base oil markets as demand starts to rebuild after some eight months of COV …

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report temporarily publishes Ray Masson’s column every other week. His EMEA Base Oil Price Report will appear aga …

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

As the effects of COVID-19 continue to take their toll on base oil markets, some light may be at the end of the tunnel, …

Base Oil Report: Trends

Base Oil Report: Trends

Put down your hammer and coffin nails, cautions Ray Masson: Recent tightness in the market shows this old category is st …

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report temporarily publishes Ray Masson’s column every other week. His EMEA Base Oil Price Report will appear aga …

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Base oil markets are still struggling to recover from the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but prices …

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report temporarily publishes Ray Masson’s column every other week. His EMEA Base Oil Price Report will appear aga …

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Base oil demand still shows no sign of returning to pre-pandemic levels, but prices have started to recover, particularl …

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report temporarily publishes Ray Masson’s column every other week. His EMEA Base Oil Price Report will appear aga …

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Base oil markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are finally showing what could be early signs of recovery from th …

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report temporarily publishes Ray Masson’s column every other week. His EMEA Base Oil Price Report will appear aga …

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Despite the easing of coronavirus lockdowns in many countries, base oil markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa co …

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report temporarily publishes Ray Masson’s column every other week. His EMEA Base Oil Price Report will appear aga …

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Europe, Middle East and Africa base oil markets are still being buffeted by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Alt …

Base Oil Report

Base Oil Report

Ray Masson tells the sad tale of coronavirus and the base oil industry.