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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

June 25, 2025

The world breathed a sigh of relief this week as Iran and Israel agreed to a ceasefire in their one-sided 10-day war, af ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

June 17, 2025

This week’s news is dominated by the spiraling conflict between Israel and Iran in the Middle East, which poses a long ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

June 10, 2025

One of the major headline topics being discussed around the lubricants industry at the moment is the impending sale of C ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

June 3, 2025

Base oil prices this week are largely stable across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, but there are variations between ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

May 27, 2025

Prices for API Group I and Group II base oils appear stable and steady around Europe, the Middle East and Africa regions ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

May 20, 2025

Historically Russia and Iran have both been steady exporters of base oils, but recent reports indicate that exports from ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

May 13, 2025

Armed conflicts and tariffs continue to lead news around the world. This is a base oil pricing report, but ultimately th ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

May 6, 2025

Base oil markets across Europe, the Middle East and Africa are a mixed bag right now, with demand trends differing for d ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

April 29, 2025

While the United States talks behind the scenes with countries seeking tariff-avoiding agreements, uncertainty weighs he ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

April 22, 2025

European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets are reacting very differently to the threat of United States tarif ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

April 15, 2025

Base oils may be exempt from wide-ranging import tariffs imposed by the United States, but lubricant and base oil market ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

April 8, 2025

As the world reels from the United States’ April 2 announcement of tariffs against imports from most of the world, an ...

Valvoline Global Opens Third Regional Hub

Valvoline Global Opens Third Regional Hub

April 8, 2025

Valvoline Global Operations, a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, opened a new regional hub in central London.

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

April 1, 2025

A degree of firmness has crept into base oil markets the past few weeks, apparently due both supply cuts caused by refin ...

U.K. Blender Pushes Anti-dumping Campaign

U.K. Blender Pushes Anti-dumping Campaign

March 28, 2025

Mark Lord of Aztec Oils is on a crusade to stop one company dumping cheap lubricants in the U.K. and damaging business.

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

March 25, 2025

If business, including the lubricant and base oil industries, had hoped for quick resolutions to the wars in Ukraine and ...

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Richful, Farabi Build Saudi Additive Plant

March 19, 2025

Richful Lube Additive Co. and Farabi Petrochemicals have inked an agreement to build the first full-fledged lubricant ad ...