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...


Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

United States envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner revived separate talks last weekend with Russian and Ukrainian pres...


The Black Sheep Comes Home: Rerefined Base Oils Is the Next Strategic Bet

Slicker Recycling’s Mark Olpin makes a case for stepping up used oil rerefining in the United Kingdom.


Crisis Puts Distributors Between Rock, Hard Place

The global supply crisis has put base oil distributors in difficult positions.


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

Mounting supplies and wavering demand continued to place downward pressure on API Group I and Group II prices in Asia, b...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

With the API Group III base oil segment seeing little relief in terms of supply levels, it was not surprising that yet a...


Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

The Strait of Hormuz, the lynchpin to many global base oil markets, remains closed to all but a handful of vessels deeme...


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

Base oil spot values in Asia have reached a turning point in that prices for most grades — with the exception of API G...


Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

Excel Paralubes communicated a posted price increase, following similar initiatives by other base oil producers since th...


Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

The Iranian war has become a prolonged impasse with each side making claims on successes in the ongoing operations, all ...