Editor’s note: Gabriela Wheeler is away on vacation this week and will return next week. Base oil posted prices in the United States and Canada are ...

As the 2024 calendar year winds down,European, Middle Eastern and African many finished lubricant producers have limited operations with the aim of re ...

The festive season dampened market activity, although some players rushed to finalize business before the festivities as they strove to lower inventor ...

With domestic demand showing few signs of improving, base oil producers in the United States have been focusing on concluding export transactions as a ...

Energy markets once again appear to be taking in stride dramatic developments in the Middle East – the type of drama that in the past often triggere ...

Some base oil grades seem to be experiencing a temporary tightening, leading to buyer anxiety about potential shortages and steeper price ideas, but t ...

The rapid and surprising fall of Bashar Al Assad’s regime in Syria heralds a new day in that long embattled country. It also raises the prospect of ...

Base oil prices were steady in the United States this week, as demand remained flat and suppliers preferred to keep offers unchanged because downward ...

In the absence of decisive trading activity, base oil prices were steady with only a couple of grades showing upward revisions given a tight supply an ...

Mounting supplies and the need to clear inventories ahead of year-end continued to exert downward pressure on some base oil grades, but an unexpected ...

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 ...