Gabriela Wheeler is away. Her column will reappear in the July 14 edition of Lube Report Americas.

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.

Every Rose Has its Thorn With base oil demand showing a strong recovery in the United States after slumping during the height of the pandemic last ...

For a few weeks, there had been expectations that base oil supply in Asia would start to lengthen as plant turnarounds were completed and refinery run ...

Cross Oil and Calumet will be increasing naphthenic base oil prices on the heels of a similar initiative recently proposed by paraffinic producers. Ex ...

Base oil markets around the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions are witnessing extraordinary events at the moment, with supplies drying up and pric ...

A more balanced supply and demand scenario appeared to be gradually developing in Asia, but a few base oil grades were still tight, keeping upward pre ...

Motiva, Excel Paralubes, Phillips 66, Calumet, HollyFrontier, Petro-Canada, Paulsboro, SK Americas and Safety-Kleen communicated posted price increase ...

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.

Price trends were diverging in Asia because availability of some base oil grades remained extremely tight while others became more accessible. Buyers ...

Chevron, ExxonMobil and Avista Oil announced posted price increases this week, introducing the sixth round of markups since the beginning of the year. ...

Supply of API Group l base oils is easing somewhat in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, but availability remains snug – especially in Europe – a ...

There continued to be a shortage of a number of base oil grades, but supply appeared to be improving with the restart of some facilities and the ramp- ...

Concerns about supply shortages seemed to be heightened by the unexpected outage at Ergon’s paraffinic base oil plant in West Virginia last week, wi ...

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 extreme supply and demand imbalance observed in the base oil market in Asia appeared to be abating as refineries restarted production or increased ...

Calumet, SK Americas, HollyFrontier, Petro-Canada, Paulsboro, Avista Oil and Safety-Kleen announced posted price increases, joining a group of other p ...

A fire broke out Saturday night at Ergon’s refinery in Newell, West Virginia, damaging a fuels unit and forcing the whole facility to shut down. The ...

At last, some signs are materializing of potential downward pressure on base oil prices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The hints are strongest ...

The Dog Days of Summer May Be a Thing of the Past Up until a couple of years ago, most base oil market players in the United States started to prep ...