The base oils market has slipped into a summer slumber, with activity in downstream markets slowing and base oil orders consequently weakening. Even s ...

Markets around the Middle East – including base oil markets – are on as Israel prepares defenses against what is predicted to be a massive revenge ...

Base oils demand in Asia continued to be impacted by monsoon season in some countries, uncertainties over pricing in the coming months, crude oil and ...

Inventory-building efforts during hurricane season, steady demand from some downstream segments, recent plant outages and ongoing export business have ...

As base oil markets cool across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, many players have already left their desks, recognizing that some employees will h ...

Economic uncertainties, heavy rain and flooding in some countries in the region, coupled with a perception that the market was becoming oversupplied w ...

Following Hurricane Beryl, which made landfall on the United States Gulf Coast earlier this month, many participants have increased inventory building ...

Variations in buying attitudes are developing between different segments of base oil markets, as attitudes in some cases are tempered by availabilitie ...

Spot prices were steady to soft in Asia, as some base oil grades displayed signs of oversupply, while others remained tight. Demand has slowed down in ...

Damage caused by Hurricane Beryl was less severe than expected, although there were numerous fatalities and many homes and businesses were without pow ...

It hardly seems likely that an assassination attempt on Donald Trump could affect base oil markets in the EMEA regions, but indirectly, Saturday’s e ...

It hardly seems likely that an assassination attempt on Donald Trump could affect base oil markets in the EMEA regions, but indirectly, Saturday’s e ...

Some segments of the base oils market showed lengthening availability, while others remained tight on account of limited output sources and reduced op ...

All eyes turned toward the United States Gulf Coast early this week, as Hurricane Beryl, the first major hurricane of the season, barreled over large ...

Base oil markets had a rare quiet week – partly because some players attended industry conferences while others took early holidays.

Slowing demand and high operating rates at most base oil plants – with the exception perhaps of China – led to oversupply conditions in some segme ...

Many base oil producers and consumers have been busy building inventories to meet product needs should output disruptions occur during the hurricane s ...

Base oil prices are mainly holding firm throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as supply pressures keep values higher than what would generall ...

The base oils market in Asia was being pulled in different directions, with growing base oil supplies exerting downward pressure on spot values, and c ...

Many base oil producers and consumers have been busy building inventories to meet product needs should output disruptions occur during the hurricane s ...