With most of mainland Europe moving toward another period of lockdown, the future for base oils throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa looks bl ...

Strike While the Iron Is Hot Demand for base oils has been surprisingly healthy, despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic that continued to claim l ...

While price prospects on the crude oil side turned dimmer this week on the heels of renewed coronavirus-related lockdowns and curfews in Europe, the U ...

The end of another week caught spot buyers struggling to track down cargoes, as the United States market remains tight, with limited product offered o ...

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.

Despite uncertainties clouding prospects for the base oils industry, given the ongoing effects of the coronavirus pandemic and socio-political tension ...

Reports of difficulties in locating spot cargoes continued to circulate as a majority of paraffinic base oil producers do not have extra availability ...

With a resurgence of COVID-19 sweeping through many countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, there appears to be little or no respite for comm ...

The tone of the Asian base oil market turned slightly more cautious as many countries suffered flare-ups of coronavirus infections, and new restrictio ...

The tight conditions in the United States base oil market were exacerbated this week by unplanned outages and reduced operating rates at a couple of p ...

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.

Activity in the Asian base oils market was surprisingly brisk, considering that many countries were still dealing with rising numbers of coronavirus i ...

The base oil market remains tight following unplanned production outages on the United States Gulf Coast, coupled with brisk domestic and export deman ...

The Covid-19 continues to hammer industries and economies across the globe, and it is also impacting base oil markets, although the effects vary from ...

Activity in Asia was slightly more subdued this week, given the start of the National Day holidays in China and the Harvest Festival in South Korea, b ...

When It Rains, It Pours The world—and more specifically, the base oils and lubricants industry—can’t seem to get a break. Just when market co ...

Excel Paralubes, Phillips 66 and Paulsboro implemented posted price increases this week, completing a round of markups that started on Sept. 7 with Mo ...

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.

There appeared to be a flurry of activity as buyers tried to secure cargoes and sellers assessed stock levels, with operations at some refineries stil ...

A majority of paraffinic base oil producers implemented posted price increases between Sept. 7 and Sept. 21. The increases were said to have been driv ...