The Asian base oils segment witnessed a slight pickup in activity as participants returned from the celebration of religious holidays in countries suc ...

Despite ongoing plant maintenance programs and fairly steady demand, base oil availability in the United States has attained more comfortable levels t ...

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.

The Asian base oil market appeared to be gradually returning to a more normal state of affairs, as demand has started to slow down, which typically ha ...

Calumet communicated a price increase for its naphthenic base oils, joining Cross Oil, which announced a similar initiative a week ago. On the paraffi ...

European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets are mixed this week, with prices continuing to weaken in some regions whilst appearing stable in ...

November Cooldown The naphthenic base oil segment in the United States was where most of the upward price action took place in September and Octobe ...

Base oil demand has softened in Asia due to seasonal patterns, upcoming religious festivals, and the traditional efforts by both buyers and sellers to ...

Cross Oil announced a price increase for naphthenic base oils this week, while on the paraffinic side, suppliers were monitoring market developments a ...

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 were mixed in Asia this week, as some grades moved up, some stayed unchanged and others lost ground because each group was impacted by ...

Chevron communicated a posted price increase, breaking a seemingly long hiatus without any paraffinic base oil price adjustments, especially consideri ...

Base oil demand has begun to wane throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, reflecting seasonal factors affecting the various sectors. Opinion an ...

Logistical issues, port congestion and energy supply shortages continued to affect the supply chain in Asia, forcing some manufacturing operations to ...

Market fundamentals were largely stable, although spot prices for the light viscosities continued to be exposed to downward pressure as more base oils ...

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.

More moderate base oil demand, coupled with increased output, continued to exert downward pressure on spot pricing in Asia, although the speed and ext ...

With logistics gradually recovering after the recent hurricanes on the United States Gulf Coast, buyers and sellers turned their attention to product ...

European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets are steady with only marginal erosion to prices across the various base oil types. API Group I i ...

In the Eye of the Storm One of the unrelenting concerns for base oil market participants over the past several months was the fact that both buyers ...