Several factors continued to exert pressure on spot base oil pricing in Asia, but some prices stabilized, while others showed only moderate increases ...

Additional posted price increases emerged this week on the back of last week’s producer-driven initiatives. All of these movements were fueled by st ...

Lube Report temporarily publishes Ray Masson’s column every other week. His EMEA Base Oil Price Report will appear again in next week’s issue.

Base oil prices in Asia were stable to slightly higher on the back of soaring crude oil and feedstock values and balanced supply and demand levels. Wh ...

Several fresh price initiatives were reported this week on both the paraffinic and naphthenic sides of the base oils market. The price movements were ...

The war in Ukraine rages on, and there are signs that the impacts on base oil markets could ramp up. Crude oil prices remain near peaks of the conflic ...

Lofty crude oil and feedstock prices continued to place pressure on base oil values, with suppliers adjusting spot pricing again this week to keep up ...

Two increase initiatives emerged this week: One on the paraffinic side of the base oils market, and the other on the naphthenic side. Rerefiner Avista ...

Lube Report temporarily publishes Ray Masson’s column every other week. His EMEA Base Oil Price Report will appear again in next week’s issue.

Crude oil and feedstock pricing has been volatile, making it difficult for base oil producers to formulate a game plan. Gabriela Wheeler warns base oi ...

Steep crude oil and feedstock prices, along with a snug supply situation continued to exert upward pressure on base oil prices in Asia, with spot numb ...

Market activity was expected to pick up following the Memorial Day holiday on May 30, the unofficial start of the summer driving season in the United ...

China announced that it would begin relaxing strict lockdowns in Shanghai and Beijing, stirring hopes that the global economy might revive, but that o ...

There was growing optimism in the different base oil segments in Asia as activity has picked up and demand seemed revived. This was partly due to the ...

The speed of price increase announcements seemed to accelerate this week. While Safety-Kleen communicated a posted price increase, rounding out a stri ...

Lube Report temporarily publishes Ray Masson’s column every other week. His EMEA Base Oil Price Report will appear again in next week’s issue.

Signs emerged that the pandemic-related lockdowns in China started to ease and the situation might be improving, feeding hopes of a demand recovery in ...

Several paraffinic producers announced posted price increases, trailing a couple of suppliers who initiated markups in the previous two weeks. The inc ...

As the fighting in Ukraine continues, base oil markets face mounting pressure on availabilities of some grades, and prices of some grades continue to ...

Base oil availability seemed to be improving in Asia due to softer demand from downstream lubricant segments on the back of market uncertainties and t ...