The base oils market started another year in the grips of the coronavirus pandemic, with uncertainties related to short-term demand, potential restric ...

Activity was anticipated to perk up during the week following the New Year’s holiday, with industry participants getting ready to face ongoing chall ...

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 the emergence of the Omicron variant, base oil fundamentals appeared to lean toward a more balanced state as the end of the year approached, r ...

With only a few hours to go before the start of 2022, market activity was rather muted as many businesses close their doors for several days around th ...

Market participants’ absence from the workplace ahead of the New Year’s holiday accentuated the slower business pace seen over the last several da ...

Predictably the last few days were slow for base oil business, with many operations either closed or on short-time working over the Christmas and New ...

The approach of the end of the year – which is widely celebrated in Asia as a major holiday, with participants taking time off from work – and the ...

With the year-end holidays around the corner and the shadow of a new wave of coronavirus infections haunting the market, base oil activity was underst ...

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.

The subdued trading pace in Asia sharply contrasted the more feverish activity observed at the same time last year and the first half of this year. Th ...

Not surprisingly, the start of the holiday season had a dampening effect on base oil market activity, although several suppliers noted that orders had ...

Base oil prices around the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions are softer this week, as the new Omicron COVID-19 variant starts to impact on market ...

Base oil markets in Asia displayed typical characteristics ahead of the year-end holidays, with demand slowing down, supply becoming more plentiful an ...

With producers able to place surplus availability in the export market and domestic contract business remaining at fairly steady levels, price pressur ...

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 was a sense of uncertainty in base oils market related to the discovery of the new coronavirus strain known as Omicron. The new variant prompted ...

Activity was expected to pick up during the week, following the Thanksgiving holiday on Nov. 25, with suppliers embarking on the last push to lower in ...

The Winds of Change After several months of fairly tumultuous and heated market conditions—with monthly posted price adjustments and product shor ...

Base oil markets reeled in recent days from news of another variant to the COVID-19 virus, which appears to have extended from southern African states ...