API Base Oil Definitions The American Petroleum Institute (API) classifies base oils into five groups under API 1509, ba...

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While softer demand was exerting downward pressure on base oil prices, high crude oil and feedstock values and ongoing s...

Steep crude oil and feedstock values continued to exert upward pressure on base oil prices. Crude oil and diesel hovered...

With the turmoil in the Middle East worsening this week after Iran-backed Houthi rebels attacked Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh...

Base oil business activity was fairly subdued and prices were generally stable, but some players wondered whether this m...

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Spot base oil prices underwent few fluctuations during the week on muted trading as participants seemed to take a pause ...