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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

September 11, 2024

With base oil market players returning to work last week, there was buyer interest in all types of oils. Many buyers wer ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

September 3, 2024

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

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

August 28, 2024

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

NNPC Denies Malta Connection

NNPC Denies Malta Connection

August 28, 2024

Officials from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corp. opened an illicit lubricant blending plant in Malta in order to unde ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

August 20, 2024

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

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

August 15, 2024

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

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Prospects from Sapref Buy-out Debated

August 14, 2024

The state’s acquisition of the Sapref refinery in Durban could revive local base oils production in South Africa’s i ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

August 6, 2024

Markets around the Middle East – including base oil markets – are on as Israel prepares defenses against what is pre ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

July 30, 2024

As base oil markets cool across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, many players have already left their desks, recogniz ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

July 23, 2024

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

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

July 16, 2024

It hardly seems likely that an assassination attempt on Donald Trump could affect base oil markets in the EMEA regions, ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

July 16, 2024

It hardly seems likely that an assassination attempt on Donald Trump could affect base oil markets in the EMEA regions, ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

July 9, 2024

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

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

July 2, 2024

Base oil prices are mainly holding firm throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as supply pressures keep values h ...

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Ola Blends for ExxonMobil in Morocco

July 2, 2024

ExxonMobil entered an agreement to have its lubricants toll blended in Morocco by Ola Energy, the latter company announc ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

June 25, 2024

Across European, Middle East and African base oil markets, a strange phenomenon is taking place, with all types of base ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

June 18, 2024

Across Europe, the Middle East and Africa base oil prices are generally firmer thanks to upticks in demand caused by var ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

June 11, 2024

Conditions for base oil markets are now diverging across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with availability for API G ...