Economic uncertainties, heavy rain and flooding in some countries in the region, coupled with a perception that the market was becoming oversupplied w ...

Following Hurricane Beryl, which made landfall on the United States Gulf Coast earlier this month, many participants have increased inventory building ...

Over the past eight months, a number of incidents have had severe impacts on base oil cargoes, extending delivery times and catapulting freight rates ...

Variations in buying attitudes are developing between different segments of base oil markets, as attitudes in some cases are tempered by availabilitie ...

Spot prices were steady to soft in Asia, as some base oil grades displayed signs of oversupply, while others remained tight. Demand has slowed down in ...

Damage caused by Hurricane Beryl was less severe than expected, although there were numerous fatalities and many homes and businesses were without pow ...

Chinese private refiner Bohui ceased operation of its aromatic extraction and treated distillate aromatic extract units after local tax authorities sl ...

It hardly seems likely that an assassination attempt on Donald Trump could affect base oil markets in the EMEA regions, but indirectly, Saturday’s e ...

It hardly seems likely that an assassination attempt on Donald Trump could affect base oil markets in the EMEA regions, but indirectly, Saturday’s e ...

Base oil exports from South Korea tanked in June, falling 4% from the same month of 2023, when the quantity was also exceptionally meager.

Some segments of the base oils market showed lengthening availability, while others remained tight on account of limited output sources and reduced op ...

All eyes turned toward the United States Gulf Coast early this week, as Hurricane Beryl, the first major hurricane of the season, barreled over large ...

Avista Oil and IFP Petro – two companies partnering to develop a waste lubricant rerefinery in India – said recently that price supports are neede ...

Base oil production in the United States rose 6% in April – another solid month as the industry gets off to its best start since before the COVID-19 ...

Base oil markets had a rare quiet week – partly because some players attended industry conferences while others took early holidays.

India’s national oil companies are expected to more than double their total base oil capacities to 2.91 million metric tons per year by 2028, a Hind ...

Slowing demand and high operating rates at most base oil plants – with the exception perhaps of China – led to oversupply conditions in some segme ...

China’s economy is not expanding as fast as it did in recent years, but the country is still a key base oil player in Asia, despite other nations ga ...

Many base oil producers and consumers have been busy building inventories to meet product needs should output disruptions occur during the hurricane s ...

Clean Harbors Inc.'s stock price edged past U.S.$220 per share this week, up by more than 140% since July 2022. The company is benefitting from increa ...