Departing from normal seasonal cycles, there are few indications of base oil refiners looking to sell off inventory prior to the end of this year.

There has been a general decline in base oil consumption levels as the year-end approaches and downstream lubricant demand prospects remain uncertain. ...

A base oil producer and a rerefiner have joined the cadre of suppliers that have decreased posted prices over the last several weeks, with Excel Paral ...

The headline-grabbing geopolitical events during the past few days may have implications for energy markets and, more specifically, base oils’ compl ...

Some base oil segments continued to see steady demand as uptake from a few downstream applications was fairly brisk while supplies were strained. At t ...

A majority of producers and rerefiners have decreased posted prices, with Safety-Kleen communicating a fresh decrease this week and Petro-Canada annou ...

Base oil prices are generally weaker across all groups and in every region. API Group I values are coming under the most intense pressure – perhaps ...

The pace of business slowed in many Asian countries, as buyers preferred to end the year with lean base oil inventories and suppliers also strove to a ...

Lingering uncertainties about upcoming demand in downstream segments kept the base oil business somewhat muted in Asia, although some grades seemed to ...

Two additional paraffinic producers joined the group of companies that decreased posted prices this month. HollyFrontier Sinclair/Petro-Canada and Cal ...

Base oil markets, like much of the world, are anticipating potential impacts from the United States presidential election last week, and many in the i ...

Additional base oil posted price decreases emerged this week, with Motiva and Chevron announcing fresh adjustments. Prices were under pressure given l ...

Base oil prices around Europe, the Middle East and Africa are mixed, with values firming in some areas but weakening in others, such as mainland Europ ...

Base oil prices remained exposed to downward pressure due to lackluster demand, growing supplies, a need for suppliers to place extra barrels, and fal ...

A report last week that Russia has provided shipping data to Houthi rebels disclosed Russia’s complicity in attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, which ...

Reports suggested that base oil prices continued diverging in Asia. Values for some grades fell on growing supplies, many remained steady on balanced ...

While prices for most base oil grades were stable, SK Enmove communicated a posted price decrease on its Group II+ and API Group III prices this week. ...

The wars in the Middle East and Ukraine have caused significant disruptions to base oil and finished lubricant trading patterns across Europe, the Mid ...

Some buyers and sellers appeared to have adopted a wait-and-see position as uncertainties continued to cloud the price situation in Asia. Crude oil an ...

The two major conflicts, in Ukraine and in the Middle East, continue to dominate the headlines with continuing Israeli strikes in Lebanon and Gaza to ...