It hardly seems likely that an assassination attempt on Donald Trump could affect base oil markets in the EMEA regions, but indirectly, Saturday’s e ...

Some segments of the base oils market showed lengthening availability, while others remained tight on account of limited output sources and reduced op ...

All eyes turned toward the United States Gulf Coast early this week, as Hurricane Beryl, the first major hurricane of the season, barreled over large ...

Base oil markets had a rare quiet week – partly because some players attended industry conferences while others took early holidays.

Slowing demand and high operating rates at most base oil plants – with the exception perhaps of China – led to oversupply conditions in some segme ...

Many base oil producers and consumers have been busy building inventories to meet product needs should output disruptions occur during the hurricane s ...

Base oil prices are mainly holding firm throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as supply pressures keep values higher than what would generall ...

The base oils market in Asia was being pulled in different directions, with growing base oil supplies exerting downward pressure on spot values, and c ...

Many base oil producers and consumers have been busy building inventories to meet product needs should output disruptions occur during the hurricane s ...

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 ...

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 ...