After 100 days of war, many people around the world are in accord that Donald J. Trump should not be a contender for the Nobel Peace Prize – neither ...

Given a resurgence of hostilities in the Middle East, a peace deal between Israel and the United States and Iran seemed to be less likely to be achiev ...

Base oil prices continued to be exposed to upward pressure from steep crude oil prices, as flows from the Middle East remained constrained by the near ...

The continuing saga of the United States and Israel war against Iran continues with a febrile ceasefire in place. The ceasefire is being continually b ...

While no conclusive agreement to end the United States-Israel-Iran war had been achieved last week, there had been muted optimism that negotiations wo ...

News emerged that Excel Paralubes and Avista Oil had adjusted prices last week, along with other producers’ markups. Posted price increases have slo ...

The world awaits the latest bulletin on the war between the United States and Iran as delegates from both sides convened in Doha, Qatar, apparently to ...

Base oil prices in Asia appeared to have reached an inflection point, as the market was transitioning from a uniform, upward trajectory to fragmented, ...

With the Strait of Hormuz still closed to most tanker traffic and significant amounts of crude oil and refined products captive in the Persian Gulf, c ...

Global base oil markets continue to recoil in response to the United States-Israel-Iran war. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed to merchant marine tr ...

Despite the fact that roughly 20% of the world’s crude oil flows are still trapped in the Persian Gulf as the war in Iran is still unresolved and th ...

Additional posted price increase announcements emerged in the paraffinic base oil segment, with Chevron, ExxonMobil and Paulsboro informing customers ...

A so-called ceasefire between United States and Iran appears to be continuing in the Middle East Gulf but with sporadic outbreaks of firing on what se ...

The Iran war has mutated into a tenuous indefinite ceasefire, although tensions remained high, with the United States upholding its naval blockade on ...

In view of the fact that crude oil prices were still hovering at sky-high levels, and global base oil supplies were shrinking because of ongoing suppl ...

The ceasefire between the United States and Iran was holding tenuously this week after the U.S. began providing information for commercial ships to pa ...

Trading was somewhat subdued and base oil prices experienced a reprieve as various holidays, including Golden Week, Literary Day, Coronation Day and L ...

More base oil price increases emerged this week from producers ExxonMobil, Excel Paralubes, Paulsboro and San Joaquin Refining, which was not surprisi ...

The Middle East situation appears to have run into an impasse with Iran maintaining control of the Strait of Hormuz whilst continuing to claim rights ...

The United States-Israel-Iran conflict did not look likely to be resolved any time soon, as U.S. President Trump abruptly called off a trip of negotia ...