The President’s Day holiday on Monday led to a slow start to the week, but participants expected business to pick up the pace over the next few days ...

–by Ray Masson

Buying interest was described as moderate against bounteous spot offers in Asia, and while prices remained exposed to downward pressure given ample su ...

The U.S. base oils market was gearing up for increased activity as consumers have started to pad inventories for the spring lubricant production seaso ...

Throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, a number of key production outlets have announced that maintenance work will be undertaken during the n ...

There has been an uptick in base oil market activity in Asia as participants returned to the market following holidays and several weeks of subdued tr ...

While base oil supply in the domestic market appeared adequate to meet demand, an ongoing plant turnaround, reduced base oil output at refineries as a ...

The European Union ban on all hydrocarbon derivatives from Russia went into effect Sunday, creating new disruptions for traders selling Russian base o ...

The end of the Lunar New Year holidays and a need to replenish stocks were expected to revitalize a muffled Asian base oils market. Buyers had postpon ...

The United States base oils market was starting to awaken from its hibernal slumber, as more buyers sought fresh cargoes and producers readied for add ...

As the European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets move into February, there are still no signs of a market resurgence. With but a few excep ...

The celebration of the Lunar New Year dampened industry activity in several Asian nations this week, with trading in the key market of China notorious ...

The posted price decreases implemented earlier this month seemed to have elicited the response that suppliers had hoped for as orders have picked up, ...

The outlook for base oil markets is cloudy at the moment due to several uncertainties as the industry approaches what is normally a ramp-up to the spr ...

The base oils market in Asia has yet to show definitive trends, as activity has not changed significantly since the beginning of the year, and fundame ...

The dust has begun to settle after a busy week of posted price announcements, although a couple of price reductions will be going into effect this wee ...

The post-holiday return to work has not yielded the purchasing spree that some expected. Lubricant companies were holding exceptionally low inventorie ...

While business has yet to pick up in earnest in Asia, there were signs that buyers were gradually returning to the market, although they seemed to pre ...

Over the last few days, a vast majority of paraffinic producers and rerefiners communicated posted price decreases, shortly after SK Lubricants Americ ...

At long last, a degree of normality returned to base oil markets as workers returned to their desks following winter holidays. Lubricant blending oper ...