San Joaquin Refining joined the group of naphthenic base oil producers who announced increases at the end of March. Most paraffinic producers had also ...

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.

Spot prices in Asia continued to be exposed to upward pressure, but the speed and size of the increases seemed to have been tempered by softer crude o ...

Ergon announced an increase for its naphthenic base oils, following similar initiatives recently implemented by Cross Oil and Calumet. On the paraffin ...

European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets are going through a period never before experienced, with product exceptionally short in all mar ...

There was still no evidence that the tight base oil supply situation was starting to ease, and this, together with firming production and transportati ...

Be Careful What You Wish For A little over year ago, when an unknown virus plunged the world into a pandemic, base oil market participants started ...

A majority of base oil suppliers implemented posted price increases over the past couple of weeks, with Motiva and Safety-Kleen completing the round 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.

The strained spot supply conditions in Asia were not expected to improve significantly any time soon, as several plants were shut down for maintenance ...

Additional paraffinic base oil producers communicated posted price increases this week, following ExxonMobil’s move a week ago. On the naphthenic si ...

European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets were rocked by large price hikes caused mainly by a lack of available products for blenders and ...

The main concern for Asian base oil consumers this week was the lack of availability of most grades, with unplanned and routine turnarounds magnifying ...

News that ExxonMobil had communicated posted price increases hit the market this week, with participants indicating that the adjustments were likely d ...

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 buyers in Asia faced the arduous challenge of locating supplies to cover immediate requirements, as the market was extremely tight and there ...

The base oils market remains extremely tight, even as refineries resume operations following unplanned shutdowns caused by freezing weather along the ...

Base oil markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are lurching from one problem to another, with supply issues increasing exponentially as availa ...

Unlike a year ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic had just started to affect business activities, leading to a slump in fuel and base oil demand and growi ...

Bright Stock Steals the Show Over the past several years, base oil market participants have repeatedly heard the mantra that API Group I grades wer ...