Base Stocks

Bosnian base oil and lubricant producer Rafinarija Ulja Modrica ended the first half of this year with a net loss of 1.1 million convertible marks, a ...

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

September 19, 2023

Regional variations are increasing between base oil markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with demand spiking in some territories while slump ...

Asia Base Oil Price Report

September 15, 2023

Base oil market participants were keeping a watchful eye on crude oil and feedstock prices, as rising values were exerting pressure on base oils, but ...

Petronas announced Wednesday that it has agreed with Pertamina to explore the possibility of the companies building a base oil plant at Pertamina’s ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

September 13, 2023

San Joaquin Refining communicated a price increase for its naphthenic oils this week, driven by rising crude oil and feedstock prices, along with bala ...

The Unites States exported 22% less base oil in June, with the steepest drops occurring in exports to Colombia and Belgium, while base oil imports dec ...

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

September 12, 2023

Base oil markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are reeling from a developing situation where API Group I base oils no longer command a price p ...

Asia Base Oil Price Report

September 8, 2023

Firm crude oil and feedstock prices and tightening supplies either offered support to current price ideas or pushed prices higher for a majority of AP ...

Gazprom Neft’s new 220,000 metric tons per year Group II and III base oil production in Omsk is scheduled to start streaming by the end of September ...

Base Oil Report

September 6, 2023

After a rather slumberous spring and summer, activity in the base oil market has finally started to pick up.

Base oil production in the United States fell 20% in June, compared to the same month last year, according to government data released last Thursday. ...

Brazil’s base oil production jumped 22%, and its base oil imports rose 14% in July, compared to volumes in the same month last year, a government ag ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

September 6, 2023

The Labor Day holiday on Sept. 4 marked the end of the summer driving season and the period when demand for lubricants was likely at its highest. Whil ...

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

September 5, 2023

As base oil markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa return to almost normal working conditions, commentators are forecasting increasing demand f ...

Asia Base Oil Price Report

September 1, 2023

Base oil prices were generally stable-to-higher in Asia, supported by firm crude oil and feedstock prices amid a tightening supply and demand balance. ...

To help reduce potential for environmental contamination, an Argentinian waste management company launched a used lubricant collection and treatment p ...

U.S. Base Oil Price Report

August 30, 2023

With the summer driving season winding down and the Labor Day holiday just around the corner, the United States base oils market was understandably qu ...

The competitiveness of Kazakhstan lubricant makers against Russian counterparts suffered because of the high duties paid by the former to export produ ...

A waste oil rerefinery and lubricant manufacturing complex will be constructed in Mersin province in southeastern Turkey, the local government said in ...

EMEA Base Oil Price Report

August 29, 2023

As players return to action following the summer break, base oil markets are poised for what could be a busy time, with prices rising for some oils an ...