Concerns about downstream lubricant market performance, climbing feedstock prices and approaching holidays dampened activity in Asia, although buying ...

Market attention turned to surging crude oil and feedstock prices this week, as the higher values were anticipated to place upward pressure on base oi ...

Base oil trading has certainly resumed across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, but business in many parts of the regions is sluggish due to a lack ...

Markets in Asia were gradually returning to business and were bracing for the potentially eventful months ahead as United States president-elect Donal ...

Halfway into January and business was scant. Participants were still optimistic that activity in the domestic market would gradually pick up over the ...

Across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, base oil trade began ramping up as individuals involved returned to their desks Monday. There was little ne ...

Base oil and lubricant activity was expected to pick up in Asia over the next few days as participants return to business following year-end festiviti ...

The New Year was expected to usher in more export negotiations as domestic activity remained muted. United States suppliers have resorted to exporting ...

As 2024 wound down, base oil markets were exceptionally quiet the past week – perhaps more than they otherwise would have been due to the timing of ...

As the year closed, market fundamentals appeared stable to soft, depending on the base oil grade and location. In some Asian countries, activity typic ...

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 ...