Base Stocks

Additional posted price increase notifications emerged this week, with Chevron and Petro-Canada informing customers of price adjustments. Some API Gro ...

Global economic growth, population trends, emissions standards and changing lubricant requirements will continue to shape base oil demand and the choi ...

While the United States and Iran continued attacking each other the past week, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed growing frustration about possibi ...

Spot base oil prices were steady-to-firm in Asia this week, with the recent downward trend observed in API Group I and Group II segments stymied by co ...

Price activity shifted to the naphthenic base oils side this week, as San Joaquin Refining announced a price increase for its light grades, while othe ...

Saudi Arabia’s stock market value dropped on Sunday as investors reacted to fresh attacks on the kingdom’s energy infrastructure, including the te ...

This week brings firmer crude and product prices, which are occurring in response to the heightened activity in the Iran conflict. United States Pres ...

The downward base oil price trend triggered by growing supply levels in Asia along with lackluster demand was partly stalled by climbing crude oil and ...

Base oil production in Brazil rose to its highest level of the year in July but was still down 9% from the same month of 2025, according to the latest ...

The supply and demand balance in the API Group III segment remained extremely tight, while crude oil and feedstock prices moved up, prompting SK Enmov ...

United States envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner revived separate talks last weekend with Russian and Ukrainian presidents Vladimir Putin and Volo ...

Slicker Recycling’s Mark Olpin makes a case for stepping up used oil rerefining in the United Kingdom.

September Base Oil Report

September 7, 2026

Gabriela Wheeler looks hard for good news in the base oil market.

Mounting supplies and wavering demand continued to place downward pressure on API Group I and Group II prices in Asia, but the trend was tempered by o ...

With the API Group III base oil segment seeing little relief in terms of supply levels, it was not surprising that yet another producer implemented a ...

Canadian rerefiner ReGen III Corp. said its chief operating officer, Tom Lawlor, has left the company, effective Monday. ReGen did not give a reason f ...

The Strait of Hormuz, the lynchpin to many global base oil markets, remains closed to all but a handful of vessels deemed “friendly” by the Islami ...

Base oil spot values in Asia have reached a turning point in that prices for most grades—with the exception of API Group III cuts and bright stock†...

Excel Paralubes communicated a posted price increase, following similar initiatives by other base oil producers since the beginning of the month. The ...