Base Stocks

From Food Waste to Innovation

From Food Waste to Innovation

November 4, 2024

ChainCraft explains how it uses a non-GMO fermentation process to upcycle food waste into medium-chain fatty acids.

November Base Oil Report

November Base Oil Report

November 4, 2024

Geopolitical conflict, severe weather systems, a longshoremen’s strike and more induced some anxiety in the base oil m ...

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Weekly Americas Base Oil Price Report

October 30, 2024

Base oil prices remained exposed to downward pressure due to lackluster demand, growing supplies, a need for suppliers t ...

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China Base Oil Imports Down Again

October 30, 2024

Base oil imports to China fell 35% in September, compared to the same month of 2023, as 2024’s demand for foreign base ...

Italy’s Model for Waste Oil Regeneration

Italy’s Model for Waste Oil Regeneration

October 30, 2024

Italy is the European Union’s leading collector and regenerator of waste oil, said the head of the country's waste oil ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

October 30, 2024

A report last week that Russia has provided shipping data to Houthi rebels disclosed Russia’s complicity in attacks on ...

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Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

October 28, 2024

Reports suggested that base oil prices continued diverging in Asia. Values for some grades fell on growing supplies, man ...

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Weekly U.S. Base Oil Price Report

October 23, 2024

While prices for most base oil grades were stable, SK Enmove communicated a posted price decrease on its Group II+ and A ...

U.S. Base Oil Production Up in July

U.S. Base Oil Production Up in July

October 23, 2024

United States refiners produced 5 million barrels of base oil in July as this year’s output continued to run ahead of ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

October 22, 2024

The wars in the Middle East and Ukraine have caused significant disruptions to base oil and finished lubricant trading p ...

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Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

October 21, 2024

Some buyers and sellers appeared to have adopted a wait-and-see position as uncertainties continued to cloud the price s ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

October 16, 2024

The two major conflicts, in Ukraine and in the Middle East, continue to dominate the headlines with continuing Israeli s ...

Norac Builds Esterification Line  

Norac Builds Esterification Line  

October 16, 2024

Norac Additives broke ground on a new esterification line at its production site in Helena, Arkansas, giving German pare ...

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Weekly U.S. Base Oil Report

October 16, 2024

Lengthening supplies and flat demand seemed to be the main factors affecting base oil prices, although not all grades di ...

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Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

October 14, 2024

While there was a moderate uptick in base oil buying interest in some countries in Asia, many buyers remained cautious b ...

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Weekly U.S. Base Oil Price Report

October 9, 2024

Escalating tensions in the Middle East and fresh evacuations of oil infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico as Hurricane Mi ...

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Weekly EMEA Base Oil Price Report

October 9, 2024

This report continues to collate information and activities regarding base oil trading and supply, but important geopoli ...

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Weekly Asia Base Oil Price Report

October 7, 2024

Just like base oil consumers and suppliers in the United States built additional inventories ahead of the hurricane seas ...