Base Stocks

Join Base Oils Editor Gabriela Wheeler and Executive Editor Tim Sullivan as they discuss this month’s Base Oil Report. The current upheaval of base ...

The memorandum of understanding signed by the United States and Iran over the weekend ignited renewed hopes that ongoing hostilities in the Middle Eas ...

The on-off peace negotiations between U.S. and Iran appear to continue in Switzerland, although there have been walk-outs from the Tehran contingent f ...

Most base oil prices have retreated from their peaks in late April, with the exception of API Group III grades, which were still hovering at all-time ...

A provisional ceasefire and an end to hostilities between the United States and Iran announced at the start of the week immediately caused crude oil f ...

Australia’s lubricant market is feeling the impact of supply chain disruptions linked to the Middle East conflict, which has sent global base oil pr ...

Markets awoke to news of a tentative ceasefire between the United States and Iran on Monday, fanning hopes of an end to the ongoing conflict and a reo ...

At the time of writing this report, news is emerging suggesting that a peace arrangement has been reached between the United States and Iran.

A flare-up in hostilities between the United States and Iran pushed a tenuous ceasefire in the Middle East into the unknown, and kept crude oil prices ...

Vietnam has tightened recycling requirements for lubricant marketers and importers under a new extended producer responsibility regime that took effec ...

Ukraine’s expanding drone campaign against Russian oil infrastructure has reached facilities producing base oils and lubricants, raising concerns th ...

After 100 days of war, many people around the world are in accord that Donald J. Trump should not be a contender for the Nobel Peace Prize – neither ...

Given a resurgence of hostilities in the Middle East, a peace deal between Israel and the United States and Iran seemed to be less likely to be achiev ...

Base oil prices continued to be exposed to upward pressure from steep crude oil prices, as flows from the Middle East remained constrained by the near ...

Base oil inventories in the United States are shrinking as domestic demand accelerates, according to the latest figures published by the U.S. Energy I ...

The continuing saga of the United States and Israel war against Iran continues with a febrile ceasefire in place. The ceasefire is being continually b ...

While no conclusive agreement to end the United States-Israel-Iran war had been achieved last week, there had been muted optimism that negotiations wo ...

News emerged that Excel Paralubes and Avista Oil had adjusted prices last week, along with other producers’ markups. Posted price increases have slo ...

The world awaits the latest bulletin on the war between the United States and Iran as delegates from both sides convened in Doha, Qatar, apparently to ...