Prices for a number of base oils inched up this week, driven by higher offers on the back of firm crude oil and feedstock values and thinning margins, ...

Despite concerns about possible production outages caused by Tropical Storm Imelda in Texas, most base oil plants were reported running at normal rate ...

Base oil prices throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa have remained relatively unaffected by recent run-ups in crude and petroleum product pri ...

A great deal of market attention this week focused on the sharp crude oil price fluctuations triggered by drone attacks on two of Saudi Arabia's main ...

Crude oil prices skyrocketed over the weekend after a drone attack disabled two of Saudi Arabias main oil production facilities, causing a great deal ...

Base oil prices across Europe, the Middle East and Africa were flat again the past week. -by Ray Masson

The Asian base oil market seemed to be pulled in different directions; on the one hand, abundant supplies and lackluster demand were weighing on price ...

Recovery efforts in areas struck last week by Hurricane Dorian were ongoing, and while districts of the Abacos Islands and Grand Bahama have been comp ...

Base oil markets are steady this week, with few price pressures from the raw material side, given that fundamentals have remained relatively flat. Poc ...

Asian base oil participants hoped to rekindle trading in September, after local holidays and adverse weather conditions thwarted trading and impacted ...

Weifang Hongrun Petrochemical Technology Co. awarded a contract to Chevron Lummus Global for license and design of a 500,000 metric tons per year whit ...

The Labor Day holiday week would have been fairly uneventful except that attention was focused on the possible impact to production and transportation ...

U.S. distributors and manufacturers of wax and wax products are bracing for the impact of new tariffs on Chinese imports, which went into effect Sept. ...

Base oil markets are getting back to some form of normality as buyers and sellers returned to work this week after summer holidays. Activity seems slo ...

Softer demand, growing supply levels and volatile crude oil values dampened sentiment in Asian base oil markets, resulting in weaker spot prices.-by G ...

The effects of the summer doldrums seemed to be lingering in the market, with demand characterized as steady, but not stellar, and supplies adequate t ...

As the holiday season nears an end, base oil markets around Europe, the Middle East and Africa are beginning to show signs of normal activity with a n ...

Gabriela Wheeler is away. Her column will reappear in the August 30 edition of Lube Report Asia.

Gabriela Wheeler is away. Her column will reappear in the August 28 edition of Lube Report Americas.

Base oil markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa have been relatively quiet over the last week, due mainly to the holiday period being in full s ...