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U.S. Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR Americas - November 8, 2023

Unexpected production hiccups and scheduled turnarounds have helped keep the United States base oils market fairly balan ...

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EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR EMEA - November 7, 2023

The increasing hostilities in and around the Gaza Strip are severely disrupting base oil supply lines in the area, and l ...

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Asia Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR Asia - November 3, 2023

Some countries in Asia were starting to follow the typical pattern where base oil demand starts to decline towards the e ...

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U.S. Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR Americas - November 1, 2023

While there were ongoing concerns about crude oil price volatility, the possibility that the base oils market would beco ...

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EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR EMEA - October 31, 2023

Israel’s campaign in the Palestinian territories ramped up the past week, stoking fears that the fighting could spread ...

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Asia Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR Asia - October 27, 2023

Base oil market players were somewhat relieved that crude oil futures have slipped from recent highs, but the ongoing Ru ...

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U.S. Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR Americas - October 25, 2023

Market players remained vigilant of crude oil and feedstock prices, as these were the factors most likely to influence b ...

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EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR EMEA - October 24, 2023

The armed conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East are at different stages, but both are helping to push up crude oil pr ...

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Asia Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR Asia - October 20, 2023

The upward price movement that most base oils have experienced over the last several weeks persisted in Asia, but seemed ...

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U.S. Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR Americas - October 18, 2023

Largely balanced supply and demand conditions offered support to current base oil postings in the United States, but rec ...

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EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR EMEA - October 17, 2023

Crude and feedstocks rallied early this week, with dated deliveries of Brent crude breaching the $90 level Monday, putti ...

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Asia Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR Asia - October 13, 2023

Volatility in crude oil markets triggered by the Hamas attack on Israel over the weekend added another degree of uncerta ...

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U.S. Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR Americas - October 11, 2023

Base oil market participants were keeping a close eye on crude oil futures, as values jumped early this week after deadl ...

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EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR EMEA - October 10, 2023

Crude oil markets confounded nearly all forecasts last week, as prices took a surprising dive that saw dated deliveries ...

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Asia Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR Asia - October 6, 2023

Conditions in the Asia base oils market appeared fairly steady, as a balanced-to-tight supply and demand ratio and recen ...

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U.S. Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR Americas - October 4, 2023

Following the implementation of posted price increases during the second half of September, price action within the base ...

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EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR EMEA - October 3, 2023

Base oil markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa are anticipating increased demand for finished lubricants in the ...

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Base Oil Report

Lubes'n'Greases - October 2, 2023

Several factors seemed to have helped keep the base oil supply overhang in check during the third quarter. Gabriela Whee ...