1. Base Oil Chapter

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


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

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


Fuchs’ Century of Acquisition

Fuchs’ growth through acquisition and organic expansion spans 95 years.


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Firm crude oil and feedstock prices and a fairly tight supply and demand balance continued to exert upward pressure on b...


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

Compared to earlier in the Iran conflict, base oil supply and demand fundamentals were more balanced in Asia, with the e...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Additional posted price increase notifications emerged this week, with Chevron and Petro-Canada informing customers of p...


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

Spot base oil prices were steady-to-firm in Asia this week, with the recent downward trend observed in API Group I and G...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Price activity shifted to the naphthenic base oils side this week, as San Joaquin Refining announced a price increase fo...


Brazil Base Oil Output Fell in July

Base oil production in Brazil rose to its highest level of the year in July but was still down 9% from the same month of...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

The supply and demand balance in the API Group III segment remained extremely tight, while crude oil and feedstock price...