There has been an uptick in base oil market activity in Asia as participants returned to the market following holidays and several weeks of subdued tr ...

While base oil supply in the domestic market appeared adequate to meet demand, an ongoing plant turnaround, reduced base oil output at refineries as a ...

The European Union ban on all hydrocarbon derivatives from Russia went into effect Sunday, creating new disruptions for traders selling Russian base o ...

The end of the Lunar New Year holidays and a need to replenish stocks were expected to revitalize a muffled Asian base oils market. Buyers had postpon ...

The United States base oils market was starting to awaken from its hibernal slumber, as more buyers sought fresh cargoes and producers readied for add ...

As the European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets move into February, there are still no signs of a market resurgence. With but a few excep ...

The celebration of the Lunar New Year dampened industry activity in several Asian nations this week, with trading in the key market of China notorious ...

The posted price decreases implemented earlier this month seemed to have elicited the response that suppliers had hoped for as orders have picked up, ...

The outlook for base oil markets is cloudy at the moment due to several uncertainties as the industry approaches what is normally a ramp-up to the spr ...

The base oils market in Asia has yet to show definitive trends, as activity has not changed significantly since the beginning of the year, and fundame ...

The dust has begun to settle after a busy week of posted price announcements, although a couple of price reductions will be going into effect this wee ...

The post-holiday return to work has not yielded the purchasing spree that some expected. Lubricant companies were holding exceptionally low inventorie ...

While business has yet to pick up in earnest in Asia, there were signs that buyers were gradually returning to the market, although they seemed to pre ...

Over the last few days, a vast majority of paraffinic producers and rerefiners communicated posted price decreases, shortly after SK Lubricants Americ ...

At long last, a degree of normality returned to base oil markets as workers returned to their desks following winter holidays. Lubricant blending oper ...

Trading was expected to perk up in coming days as participants returned to work following the New Year’s holidays, although activity levels were ant ...

The freezing winter storm that forced a number of United States refineries, natural gas wells and utility companies to close last week may have had a ...

This week will start the return of many to workplaces and the restart of operations in blending plants across the regions. Base oil trade throughout E ...

As the market headed into the New Year’s weekend, activity has quieted down given that this holiday is one of the most widely celebrated festivities ...

A powerful winter storm sweeping across the United States over the last week forced several refineries and gas production sites to shut down temporari ...