Predictably the last few days were slow for base oil business, with many operations either closed or on short-time working over the Christmas and New ...

The approach of the end of the year – which is widely celebrated in Asia as a major holiday, with participants taking time off from work – and the ...

With the year-end holidays around the corner and the shadow of a new wave of coronavirus infections haunting the market, base oil activity was underst ...

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.

The subdued trading pace in Asia sharply contrasted the more feverish activity observed at the same time last year and the first half of this year. Th ...

Not surprisingly, the start of the holiday season had a dampening effect on base oil market activity, although several suppliers noted that orders had ...

Base oil prices around the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions are softer this week, as the new Omicron COVID-19 variant starts to impact on market ...

Base oil markets in Asia displayed typical characteristics ahead of the year-end holidays, with demand slowing down, supply becoming more plentiful an ...

With producers able to place surplus availability in the export market and domestic contract business remaining at fairly steady levels, price pressur ...

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.

There was a sense of uncertainty in base oils market related to the discovery of the new coronavirus strain known as Omicron. The new variant prompted ...

Activity was expected to pick up during the week, following the Thanksgiving holiday on Nov. 25, with suppliers embarking on the last push to lower in ...

The Winds of Change After several months of fairly tumultuous and heated market conditions—with monthly posted price adjustments and product shor ...

Base oil markets reeled in recent days from news of another variant to the COVID-19 virus, which appears to have extended from southern African states ...

With only about one month to go until the end of the year, both buyers and suppliers were striving to lower inventories to be able to avoid taxes on u ...

Sudden bursts of activity surprised sellers in some segments of the market, ushering in what was otherwise expected to be a fairly quiet week due to t ...

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.

Accounts about demand levels were mixed in Asia this week, with some suppliers mentioning healthy requirements, leading to a tightening of certain gra ...

Reports about market activity were mixed, with a number of suppliers stating that demand was stronger than expected for November – even with the app ...

Base oil demand is unseasonably strong in some parts of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, while trading in others is slowing as it typically does at ...