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EMEA Base Oil Price Report

September 7, 2021

Expectations for a surge in demand after the holiday period in August appear to have been misjudged, based on trading du ...

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EMEA Base Oil Price Report

August 31, 2021

Lube Report temporarily publishes Ray Masson’s column every other week. His EMEA Base Oil Price Report will appear aga ...

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EMEA Base Oil Price Report

August 24, 2021

Fundamentals in European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets are vastly different from those in Asia-Pacific an ...

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EMEA Base Oil Price Report

August 17, 2021

Lube Report temporarily publishes Ray Masson’s column every other week. His EMEA Base Oil Price Report will appear aga ...

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EMEA Base Oil Price Report

August 10, 2021

The base oil scene is taking on the role of a balancing act on global basis. A number of arbitrage opportunities opening ...

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EMEA Base Oil Price Report

August 3, 2021

Lube Report temporarily publishes Ray Masson’s column every other week. His EMEA Base Oil Price Report will appear aga ...

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Closures Could Keep Base Oils Tight

July 2, 2021

Although oil refineries should eventually ramp back up to normal operating levels, and while this should make more feeds ...

Fergana Refinery Up for Sale

Fergana Refinery Up for Sale

May 11, 2021

Uzbek authorities last week announced the government’s intention to sell the Fergana Oil Refinery LLC, the second-larg ...

Total Pulls Plug on Gonfreville

Total Pulls Plug on Gonfreville

April 13, 2021

Total has decided to permanently close a base oil plant at its refinery in Gonfreville, France, as part of a project to ...

United States Base Oils Bounce Back?

United States Base Oils Bounce Back?

April 1, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the United States base oil market during 2020. It was, as industry veteran Stephe ...

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Shell to Close Singapore Plant

December 18, 2020

As part of an initiative to decarbonize its refining operations in Singapore, Royal Dutch Shell plans to permanently clo ...

U.S. Hits Lowest Base Oil Production Since Great Recession

U.S. Hits Lowest Base Oil Production Since Great Recession

November 2, 2020

Refiners in the United States produced 25.9 million barrels of base oils in the first half of 2020—10% below what they ...

Redrawing the Map for Base Oils

Redrawing the Map for Base Oils

November 2, 2020

The onset of the coronavirus pandemic was like a mighty gust of wind that blew asunder the many ships sailing the seas o ...

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Brazil Court Orders Halt to Refineries Sale

September 23, 2020

Brazil’s top court ordered a temporary halt this week to efforts to divest eight refineries owned by national oil comp ...

Base Oil Report: Trends

Base Oil Report: Trends

August 5, 2020

Put down your hammer and coffin nails, cautions Ray Masson: Recent tightness in the market shows this old category is st ...

Isla Refinery Agrees to Deal with Klesch

Isla Refinery Agrees to Deal with Klesch

January 1, 2020

Refineria di Korsou - the Curacao government entity that owns the Isla Refinery - announced an agreement last week for i ...

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IMO 2020 Approaches

November 27, 2019

With the IMO 2020 regulation on marine fuels scheduled to take effect in just over a month, vessel operators and ports a ...

Iranian Exports Redirect to Iraq

Iranian Exports Redirect to Iraq

November 12, 2019

Iraq has emerged as Irans main export market for base oils as the weight of United States sanctions shut down the Islami ...