Across European, Middle East and African base oil markets, a strange phenomenon is taking place, with all types of base oils from API Group I through ...

Lengthening availability of most base oil grades against shrinking demand continued to place pressure on prices in Asia, with some spot indications ed ...

Gabriela Wheeler is away this week, but her market commentary will resume in the June 26 edition of Lube Report Americas.

Across Europe, the Middle East and Africa base oil prices are generally firmer thanks to upticks in demand caused by various factors in each region.

A seasonal slowdown and growing supplies have started to exert downward pressure on spot prices in Asia. However, some grades remained tighter than ot ...

A tight supply and demand scenario for the light viscosity grades offered support to current posted prices, but pushed spot indications up as availabi ...

Conditions for base oil markets are now diverging across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with availability for API Group I and II oils tightening ...

Base oil supplies appeared to be lengthening in Asia, a sign that consumption levels may be weakening on seasonal patterns and other factors, includin ...

Cerilon announced that it is moving into the front-end engineering and design phase of the gas-to-liquids refinery it plans to build in North Dakota, ...

Suppliers reported steady requirements from most segments of the United States base oils market, with many buyers and sellers focusing on building inv ...

Base oil trade in Europe, the Middle East and Africa is gathering pace with a few notable exceptions, such as West Africa, where the start of the rain ...

Several base oil grades remained exposed to upward pressure on account of steady demand against snug supplies, although buying interest appeared to be ...

Base oil market activity was expected to resume at a steadier pace after slowing down over the Memorial Day holiday on May 27. Orders had shown an upt ...

Base oils have bucked the general pricing trends for petroleum products in recent weeks, with rates for API Group I and II oils showing considerable s ...

While there were no unexpected incidents in Asia this week, there was a sense of unease and trepidation as geopolitical conflicts and economic uncerta ...

Base oil suppliers noticed a burst of activity ahead of the Memorial Day holiday on May 27, which unofficially marks the start of the summer driving s ...

Sunday’s death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi raised levels of trepidation in the Middle East, leaving players in the region’s base oil market ...

Availability of a few base oil grades has tightened in Asia, catapulting prices to higher levels, while other cuts seem to be more balanced against de ...

Base oil demand has shown a healthy uptick over the last two weeks, as blenders bolster inventories for the summer driving season and ahead of the sta ...

The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza continue to grab the headlines, with Russia making advances into Ukraine territory and Israel seemingly intent on a ...