Last week brought the start of Ramadan along with the Lunar New Year celebrations in Asia on the same day, Feb. 17. Ramadan does not have any marked e ...

Market discussions were expected to gradually gather pace following the Lunar New Year holidays celebrated last week in many countries of the region. ...

With the market still showing signs of being oversupplied and fewer export opportunities because of lackluster demand in other regions, domestic buyer ...

On the base oil global stage, the markets in AsiaPac appear to be moving longer, with a number of cargoes from locations in South Korea, Taiwan, Thail ...

With activity in several countries winding down for the Lunar New Year holidays, trading was largely subdued in Asia and prices underwent few fluctuat ...

London – Global base oil demand growth remains modest in aggregate but hides divergent regional shifts, Michael Connolly of ICIS said at the 30th IC ...

Despite recent run rate reductions at a number of plants due to freezing weather and a shift toward additional diesel and heating oil output, most bas ...

Following supportive attendances at two base oil conferences in London last week, many announcements were made by participating companies regarding pl ...

Supply continues to outpace demand in most segments of the base oils market, but there were expectations that improved base oil consumption would emer ...

Gabriela Wheeler discusses some signs that demand for U.S. base oils could improve in coming months, although prices may continue to face downward pre ...

While the winter storm that affected large parts of the United States and Canada last week and the freezing temperatures that persist did not directly ...

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd, one of the India’s largest integrated energy companies, and Castrol India, the country’s producer and marketer of f ...

As London heads into conference week for base oils, swiftly followed by what is now called International Energy Week, base oil markets are bracing geo ...

Kline & Co.’s Anuj Kumar observes Group III base oils sprouting from a few used oil rerefiners and predicts more will come.

A tidal wave of mineral base oil capacity is surging onto a global market that already has a supply overhang. Exporters are especially likely to feel ...

Sustainability has become a defining priority for the modern lubricants industry. As manufacturers and end-users seek solutions that reduce environmen ...

Gabriela Wheeler discusses some signs that demand for U.S. base oils could improve in coming months, although prices may continue to face downward pr ...

The Asian base oils market has been like a giant that is taking its time to awaken, since the potential for business is robust, but demand continues t ...

Freezing temperatures and heavy snow blanketed large swaths of the United States and Canada this week, knocking out power, disrupting transportation a ...

ExxonMobil has begun construction on a major expansion of API Group III base oil production at its Baytown complex in Texas. The expansion is aimed at ...