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 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 Asia Base Oil Price Report

Global availability of base oils remained constrained because of reduced flows from the Middle East and the impossibilit...


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

With the United States-Iran conflict largely unresolved, the war-related conditions that have caused so much turmoil in ...


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

With crude oil supply uncertainties and Middle East shipping disruptions still plaguing the market, API Group I spot tra...


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

The exchange of military attacks between the United States and Iran was paused, at least temporarily, as U.S. president ...


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

The Strait of Hormuz remained effectively closed despite a pause in hostilities between the United States and Iran. Furt...


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

Escalating hostilities between the United States and Iran threw base oil markets into turmoil again given increased conc...


Japan Limits Lube Supply, Develops Synthetics

Japanese lubricant manufacturers continue to limit supply while the country develops alternatives to crude oil stranded ...


Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

With a tenuous ceasefire between the United States and Iran keeping crude oil analysts on edge and oil prices trading wi...