Monthly Base Oil Reports

Base Oil Report: Trends

December 1, 2021

From Little Acorns to Great Oaks   Some lubricant companies around the globe have managed to grow in recent years, despite the declining marke ...

Base Oil Report: Pricing

December 1, 2021

The Winds of Change After several months of fairly tumultuous and heated market conditions—with monthly posted price adjustments and product shor ...

Base Oil Report: Trends

November 1, 2021

Leave No Trace   By now you’ve probably heard of the push for carbon neutrality. It’s gone from a buzz term to the focus of tangible busin ...

Base Oil Report: Pricing

November 1, 2021

November Cooldown The naphthenic base oil segment in the United States was where most of the upward price action took place in September and Octobe ...

Base Oil Report: Trends

October 4, 2021

A Time of Transition   The past 18 months have not been particularly wonderful for the active industries involved in keeping global economies ...

Base Oil Report: Pricing

October 4, 2021

In the Eye of the Storm One of the unrelenting concerns for base oil market participants over the past several months was the fact that both buyers ...

Base Oil Report: Pricing

September 1, 2021

Turning Down the Heat Just like the Olympic flame was extinguished in Tokyo in early August following the completion of an unusual and challenging ...

Base Oil Report: Pricing

August 2, 2021

Unboxing July July turned out to be another busy month for base oil market participants, which is a far cry from years past when the summer months ...

Every Rose Has its Thorn With base oil demand showing a strong recovery in the United States after slumping during the height of the pandemic last ...

The Dog Days of Summer May Be a Thing of the Past Up until a couple of years ago, most base oil market players in the United States started to prep ...

Base Oils Get Moving    By train, boat or automobile, North American base oil makers need to ship their product across the continent. Shi ...

Ready for a Change  The first quarter of the year was certainly a challenge. Base oil producers dealt with unexpected output disruptions and l ...

Base Oil Report: Pricing

April 1, 2021

Be Careful What You Wish For A little over year ago, when an unknown virus plunged the world into a pandemic, base oil market participants started ...

Base Oil Report: Trends

April 1, 2021

Brexit Outcomes The U.K decreed that it would finally leave the EU on Jan. 31, 2020. This date would allow for a transition period of eleven months ...

Base Oil Report: Trends

March 4, 2021

Is the ICE Decline an Upturn for Silicones? Unfamiliar to many in the industry, silicone base stocks have limited application in lubricants. The ri ...

Base Oil Report: Pricing

March 4, 2021

Bright Stock Steals the Show Over the past several years, base oil market participants have repeatedly heard the mantra that API Group I grades wer ...

Base Oil Report: Trends

February 1, 2021

2021 Will Be Marked by Pandemic and Politics Almost everyone was glad to see the back of 2020, and in anticipation of improving public health condi ...

Base Oil Report: Pricing

February 1, 2021

Transcending Frontiers Never has the significance of globalization been more evident than at the current time, when a deadly and highly infectious ...

Base Oil Report: Pricing

January 1, 2021

Turning over a New Leaf In Japan, people travel long distances to enjoy the quiet contemplation of the colorful fall leaves, an activity that boast ...

Base Oil Report: Trends

January 1, 2021

Exports’ Wild Ride Like most aspects of life and business in 2020, United States base oil exports took some unexpected turns off the usual route, ...