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Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

August 11, 2025

With base oil demand starting to show definitive signs of slowing and supply growing as turnarounds have been completed, ...

Malaysia Steps Up Its Rerefining Game

Malaysia Steps Up Its Rerefining Game

August 6, 2025

The Southeast Asian nation is bringing more rerefining capacity online.

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

August 5, 2025

Against a backdrop of a continent on holiday, the European base oil markets appear to have been energized by a bout of a ...

August Base Oil Report

August Base Oil Report

August 4, 2025

Wars, tariffs, a slew of temporary refinery shutdowns – nothing phases base oil prices these days. Gabriela Wheeler di ...

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Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

August 4, 2025

Base oil prices were mixed in Asia, with supply and demand factors playing different roles and splitting prices in diffe ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

July 30, 2025

With supply and demand conditions showing little change over the week, base oil prices were generally reported as stable ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

July 29, 2025

The United States and the European Union have reached a trade agreement that will levy a 15% tariff on EU exports to Ame ...

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Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

July 28, 2025

The diverging price trends observed for various base oil categories over the last few weeks appeared more pronounced thi ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

July 23, 2025

The base oils market seems to have slipped into a summer slumber, with demand described as steady, but not particularly ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

July 22, 2025

With 10 days remaining before United State President Donald Trump declares tariffs on European Union goods and services, ...

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Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

July 21, 2025

Once again, base oil spot prices for certain grades strengthened in Asia due to tight supply and demand fundamentals and ...

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Europe Base Oil Capacity

July 18, 2025

Europe has seen capacity for API Group I base oil gradually dwindle over the past 20 years, with that capacity migrating ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

July 16, 2025

With the summer driving season underway and base oil demand beginning to decline as the peak lubricant production cycle ...

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U.S. Base Oil Pricing

July 15, 2025

2024 was a year of modest growth that still didn’t surpass the 10-year high of 2022, a year marked by an impressiv ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

July 15, 2025

Into July, and very little new activity has been evident in the base oil markets across European, the Middle East and Af ...

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U.S. Base Oil Imports and Exports

July 14, 2025

Over the past 20 years, U.S. base oil exports have been on a generally upward trajectory, except for a dip around the gl ...

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U.S. Base Oil Capacity and Production

July 14, 2025

Base oil production volumes in the United States appeared to have recovered from 2020’s pandemic-induced slump by 2021 ...

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Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

July 14, 2025

The base oils market in Asia showed some pockets of tight supply, which drove spot offers up for some grades, while pric ...