While the United States talks behind the scenes with countries seeking tariff-avoiding agreements, uncertainty weighs heavily on a long list of indust ...

Tight conditions in the API Group I and Group II segments and higher feedstock prices supported generally steady pricing in Asia, with participants fo ...

Some segments of the base oils market saw fairly steady demand, mainly because buyers had been delaying orders for as long as possible and securing mi ...

European, Middle Eastern and African base oil markets are reacting very differently to the threat of United States tariffs, with some markets going in ...

Base oil prices were steady-to-soft on limited tr\ading given tight supplies of some grades and sluggish demand from downstream lubricant segments. Ec ...

Soft conditions in lubricant markets were dampening base oil demand at a time when consumption should be flourishing as the summer driving season appr ...

Base oils may be exempt from wide-ranging import tariffs imposed by the United States, but lubricant and base oil markets still stand to be impacted b ...

Activity was somewhat subdued in Asian base oil markets, as many uncertainties continued to temper buyers’ enthusiasm. Aside from the upheaval broug ...

Spring base oil demand seemed to be scuttering along against a background of tumbling stocks and crude oil prices as a result of the sweeping tariffs ...

As the world reels from the United States’ April 2 announcement of tariffs against imports from most of the world, an amazing fact has emerged: Base ...

Asian base oil markets seemed to be in a holding pattern as economic uncertainties and a tight supply scenario dampened buying interest. Participants ...

A balanced-to-tight supply and demand scenario offered support to current posted prices, with market participants keeping an eye on crude oil as futur ...

A degree of firmness has crept into base oil markets the past few weeks, apparently due both supply cuts caused by refinery maintenance programs and t ...

Some base oil consumers hit pause in purchasing activities as the month of March ended. There are expectations that additional product would be coming ...

Base oil demand was off to a somewhat slow start despite expectations of requirements gathering speed at the start of the spring season. Wavering lubr ...

If business, including the lubricant and base oil industries, had hoped for quick resolutions to the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, they will ha ...

Base oil activity was generally subdued in Asia, with limited spot supplies and market uncertainties dampening business. Spot availability remained ti ...

Upward pressure has started to build on spot base oil prices because of a tighter supply and demand scenario and a sudden uptick in crude oil values. ...

It may be too early to say what will come of ceasefire talks over the war in Ukraine, but an end to the fighting could have great impact on base oil m ...

Base oil buyers appeared more cautious this week as crude oil and feedstock values remained volatile and downstream demand was lackluster due to econo ...