China Base Oil Exports Grow as Domestic Supply Expands

China is increasing exports of API Group II and Group III base oils into Asian markets after a decade of capacity growth...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Market attention partly turned to events happening closer to home than the Middle East conflict this week, as a tropical...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Intensifying hostilities between the United States and Iran and the renewed closing of the Strait of Hormuz continued to...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

With the Strait of Hormuz once again effectively closed to vessel traffic, the chances that fresh crude oil and base oil...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Just when the Middle East situation was starting to look up and an increasing number of vessels had been able to transit...


July Base Oil Report

No end in sight to the chaos in the Gulf.


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

News emerged that Excel Paralubes and Avista Oil had adjusted prices last week, along with other producers’ markups. P...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Additional posted price increase announcements emerged in the paraffinic base oil segment, with Chevron, ExxonMobil and ...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

In view of the fact that crude oil prices were still hovering at sky-high levels, and global base oil supplies were shri...


Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

As the world enters the fourth week of the United States and Israeli war against Iran, the Strait of Hormuz remains clos...