The wars in the Middle East and Ukraine have caused significant disruptions to base oil and finished lubricant trading patterns across Europe, the Mid ...

The two major conflicts, in Ukraine and in the Middle East, continue to dominate the headlines with continuing Israeli strikes in Lebanon and Gaza to ...

This report continues to collate information and activities regarding base oil trading and supply, but important geopolitical activities in the Middle ...

Israel on Tuesday launched a ground invasion into southern Lebanon, another significant expansion of its war with Hamas in Palestine’s Gaza Strip.

The Lube Expo trade show was held last week in Dusseldorf, Germany, attracting companies from almost every part of the lubricants industry, from base ...

As base oil markets settle down following the summer break, pricing is becoming more varied depending on base oil type and, ultimately, availability a ...

With base oil market players returning to work last week, there was buyer interest in all types of oils. Many buyers were looking for quantities of AP ...

Base oil markets seemed to reopen for business this week as your columnist was bombarded Monday with calls, messages and emails – from early morning ...

Even as base oil trading began returning to normal at the end to the summer holiday season, the wars in Gaza and Ukraine escalated, ramping up worries ...

Officials from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corp. opened an illicit lubricant blending plant in Malta in order to undercut locally blended products, ...

With August well and truly underway, many players from the base oil industry are absent, possibly for another 10-14 days of holidays.

Moving into the second week of August, the holiday month, base oil markets are exceptionally quiet with many key players missing from offices and desk ...

The state’s acquisition of the Sapref refinery in Durban could revive local base oils production in South Africa’s import-dependent lubricant mark ...

Markets around the Middle East – including base oil markets – are on as Israel prepares defenses against what is predicted to be a massive revenge ...

As base oil markets cool across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, many players have already left their desks, recognizing that some employees will h ...

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

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

Base oil prices are mainly holding firm throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as supply pressures keep values higher than what would generall ...