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U.S. Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR Americas - November 22, 2023

Chevron and Motiva communicated posted price decreases during the week, reflecting falling crude oil and feedstock price ...

Valvoline Eyes Growth in Industrial Oils

Valvoline Eyes Growth in Industrial Oils

Lube Report EMEA - November 17, 2020

Custom Content – Within the space of just three years, Valvoline Europe has significantly grown its industrial lubrica ...

Valvoline Geared Up for Grease Expansion

Valvoline Geared Up for Grease Expansion

Lube Report EMEA - October 6, 2020

Custom Content – Valvoline, one of the world’s leading lubricant and automotive suppliers, has made a frictionless m ...

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EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR EMEA - November 21, 2023

Global news continues to be dominated by warring in Gaza and Ukraine, where innocent civilians are not only being killed ...

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U.S. Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR Americas - November 15, 2023

Lengthening supply and softening demand were some of the concerns that base oil suppliers were facing as the year-end ho ...

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EMEA Base Oil Price Report

Lube Report BOR EMEA - November 14, 2023

The war between Israel and Hamas continues to have a destabilizing effect on energy markets, creating uncertainty for ba ...

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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...