Base oil markets around Europe, the Middle East and Africa are suffering from the same contagion as other industries – a number of the key economies ...

Base oil prices were stable to soft in Asia on balanced supply and demand, and despite tightening availability of certain grades due to ongoing or imm ...

Despite base oil suppliers’ efforts to encourage fresh orders, consumption levels were still lagging those registered in the spring of years past, a ...

This week saw a return to business as usual for base oil markets, with many buyers and sellers playing catch-up after extended holidays clouded takes ...

Steady demand against adequate inventories continued to support prices in Asia. Despite some markets showing less vigorous conditions than others, upc ...

There has been a slight uptick in base oil orders, although demand was still lagging compared to the same month in previous years. Economic uncertaint ...

Holidays caused a slow start to base oil trading this week, but prices for API Group I and II oils have risen, while values for some Group III stocks ...

The month of April is coming to an end without significant price fluctuations in Asia, as a balanced supply and demand scenario lent support to the pr ...

Recent posted price decrease announcements appeared to have partially achieved the expected outcome, as suppliers noted that a limited number of addit ...

Base oil demand appears to be picking up around Europe, the Middle East and Africa as buyers begin building back inventories that had sunk to extremel ...

Steady demand and adequate availability of most base oil grades supported generally stable spot pricing in Asia. Both buyers and sellers were keeping ...

Additional base oil producers announced posted price decreases this week – including Excel Paralubes, ExxonMobil, Calumet, HollyFrontier, Petro-Cana ...

Following the Easter and Passover holidays, and with Ramadan coming toward an end, base oil markets are returning to normal and – it appears – fin ...

While suppliers would like to see a significant increase in demand, they appeared fairly content with the fact that consumption levels have been healt ...

Motiva stepped out with a posted price decrease late last week, a few days after Chevron’s and SK enmove’s adjustments had gone into effect. Avist ...

Base oil markets were subdued the past week thanks to the Ramadan, Passover and Easter holidays that allowed some buyers and sellers to take three-day ...

Base oils demand seemed to have reached a plateau, with many buyers holding off on acquiring additional volumes as fundamentals appeared muddled. Stee ...

Despite market participants’ expectations that additional price revisions would follow the posted price decreases announced by Chevron and SK enmove ...

This week is providing a lesson in how quickly base oil markets can change. For months trading was slow as purchasers were unconcerned about low inven ...

Despite a lackluster start to the spring season, Asian base oil prices were mostly stable, supported by a balanced supply and demand ratio and signs o ...