Base oil prices were mixed in Asia this week as different factors affected each segment in a distinct way, with API Group I and Group II prices remain ...

Unexpected production hiccups and scheduled turnarounds have helped keep the United States base oils market fairly balanced at a time when demand has ...

The increasing hostilities in and around the Gaza Strip are severely disrupting base oil supply lines in the area, and lubricant blending operations i ...

Some countries in Asia were starting to follow the typical pattern where base oil demand starts to decline towards the end of the year, while others s ...

While there were ongoing concerns about crude oil price volatility, the possibility that the base oils market would become oversupplied before the end ...

Israel’s campaign in the Palestinian territories ramped up the past week, stoking fears that the fighting could spread into a wider conflict involvi ...

Base oil market players were somewhat relieved that crude oil futures have slipped from recent highs, but the ongoing Russian war on Ukraine and the I ...

Market players remained vigilant of crude oil and feedstock prices, as these were the factors most likely to influence base oil pricing in coming week ...

The armed conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are at different stages, but both are helping to push up crude oil prices. As long as they continue ...

The upward price movement that most base oils have experienced over the last several weeks persisted in Asia, but seemed to be stalling, as supply was ...

Largely balanced supply and demand conditions offered support to current base oil postings in the United States, but recent volatility in crude oil an ...

Crude and feedstocks rallied early this week, with dated deliveries of Brent crude breaching the $90 level Monday, putting on around $3 from last week ...

Volatility in crude oil markets triggered by the Hamas attack on Israel over the weekend added another degree of uncertainty to the base oils segment. ...

Base oil market participants were keeping a close eye on crude oil futures, as values jumped early this week after deadly attacks on several Israeli t ...

Crude oil markets confounded nearly all forecasts last week, as prices took a surprising dive that saw dated deliveries of Brent crude sink below $80 ...

Conditions in the Asia base oils market appeared fairly steady, as a balanced-to-tight supply and demand ratio and recent increases in feedstock price ...

Following the implementation of posted price increases during the second half of September, price action within the base oils market has turned quiet� ...

Base oil markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are anticipating increased demand for finished lubricants in the fourth quarter and therefore a ...

Several factors seemed to have helped keep the base oil supply overhang in check during the third quarter. Gabriela Wheeler explains what some of thos ...

Base oil prices in Asia continued on an upward trek, with the exception of API Group III values, which have softened given fairly bland buying interes ...