The tide seems to have turned, at least temporarily, in Asian base oil markets, with spot prices stabilizing or moving up slightly, reversing the shar ...

Chevron, Excel Paralubes, HollyFrontier, Petro-Canada, ExxonMobil, Calumet and Safety-Kleen informed their customers that the producers would be decre ...

Base oil trading in Europe, the Middle East and Africa is eerily quiet this week, perhaps reflecting the somber mood in the United Kingdom as Queen El ...

The return to the trading scene of buyers who had delayed purchases for as long as possible in hopes of lower pricing, along with reduced production r ...

Motiva informed its customers that the company would be decreasing posted prices, with the adjustment becoming effective retroactively on Sept. 1. Oth ...

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.

Whether spot prices have bottomed out in Asia was the million-dollar question everyone was asking this week, as the downward spiral observed over the ...

Some segments of the base oils market have tipped towards the tight side, while others showed some lengthening given high production rates and slowing ...

The initial back-to-work enthusiasm appears to be missing from the EMEA base oil markets with very few large purchases made either for export markets, ...

Spot base oil prices were steady to slightly lower in Asia, but the downward adjustments were less precipitous than at the beginning of August. While ...

With the end of the summer driving season and the Labor Day holiday just around the corner, it was not surprising to see activity in the base oils mar ...

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.

Growing supply levels and slowing demand continued to exert pressure on spot prices in Asia, and although numbers were lower than last week, the drops ...

While most segments of the United States base oils market seemed to move at a slower pace as the summer driving season wound down, the unplanned exten ...

As we approach the end of August, there are some signs of a trickle of players making their way back to their offices and desks from the start of this ...

Following fairly significant decreases last week, spot prices in the Asian base oils market seemingly continued on free fall. Several export shipments ...

Activity in the United States base oils market proceeded at a moderate pace as participants enjoyed the last few days of the summer holidays and buyer ...

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.

Base oil prices in Asia tumbled this week on more moderate crude oil and feedstock prices compared to a month ago, along with mounting supplies and we ...

Cross Oil joined those naphthenic producers who had communicated price decreases last week. The adjustments were prompted by lower crude oil and feeds ...