Join Base Oils Editor Gabriela Wheeler and Executive Editor Tim Sullivan as they discuss the Base Oil Report.
The nightmarish weather forecast that raised alarm among industry participants on January 22 sounded familiar. A dangerous winter storm approached, and it was expected to bring sub-zero temperatures, heaps of ice and snow, and possibly cause widespread power outages to large swaths of the United States and Canada, strikingly resembling Winter Storm Uri which brought huge base oil production losses back in February 2021. One major difference, however, was that this time, refiners were better prepared.