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Iain Pocock

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<ul><li>US base oils demand could stay muted as buyers eye existing stocks to cover requirements.</li><li>US base oils/lube consumption fell in month of September from August in three of previous four years, before rising in month of October.</li><li>Repeat of that trend this year would leave buyers with shrinking window to work down existing stocks before slowdown in consumption gathers pace during final two months of 2025.</li></ul>

US base oils demand could stay muted as buyers eye existing stocks to cover requirements.US base oils/lube consumption fell in month of September from August in three of previous four years, before rising in month of October.Repeat of that trend this year would leave buyers with shrinking window to work down existing stocks before slowdown in consumption gathers pace during final two months of 2025.

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 1 September

<ul><li>Global base oils prices hold at levels versus feedstock and competing fuel prices that sustain incentive for refiners to maintain or raise output.</li><li>Margins hold firm even at time of year when surplus supply typically starts to build amid seasonal slowdown in demand.</li><li>Firm margins could point to supply-demand fundamentals that are tighter than usual for time of year.</li></ul>

Global base oils prices hold at levels versus feedstock and competing fuel prices that sustain incentive for refiners to maintain or raise output.Margins hold firm even at time of year when surplus supply typically starts to build amid seasonal slowdown in demand.Firm margins could point to supply-demand fundamentals that are tighter than usual for time of year.

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 25 August

<ul><li>Europe Group I brightstock price stays unusually firm relative to light and heavy neutrals so far in Q3 2025.</li><li>Europe Group I brightstock price stays unusually firm versus feedstock vacuum gasoil price so far in Q3 2025.</li><li>Europe Group I export brightstock price maintains steep premium to imported cargo prices in markets like India.</li></ul>

Europe Group I brightstock price stays unusually firm relative to light and heavy neutrals so far in Q3 2025.Europe Group I brightstock price stays unusually firm versus feedstock vacuum gasoil price so far in Q3 2025.Europe Group I export brightstock price maintains steep premium to imported cargo prices in markets like India.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 25 August

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil holds firm at levels that incentivize refiners to maintain or raise output.</li><li>Firm margins point to still-tight supply-demand fundamentals.</li><li>Margins hold firm even with prospect of rise in surplus base oils supply in Asia in Q3 2025 in response to pick-up in output and slowdown in demand.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil holds firm at levels that incentivize refiners to maintain or raise output.Firm margins point to still-tight supply-demand fundamentals.Margins hold firm even with prospect of rise in surplus base oils supply in Asia in Q3 2025 in response to pick-up in output and slowdown in demand.

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 25 August

<ul><li>US base oils prices stay in relatively narrow range versus feedstock prices since late last year.</li><li>Range-bound price-differentials contrast with more volatile margins in most of 2024, pointing to steadier supply-demand fundamentals so far this year.</li><li>Range-bound margins likely incentivize refiners to maintain steady output.</li></ul>

US base oils prices stay in relatively narrow range versus feedstock prices since late last year.Range-bound price-differentials contrast with more volatile margins in most of 2024, pointing to steadier supply-demand fundamentals so far this year.Range-bound margins likely incentivize refiners to maintain steady output.

Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 25 August

United States

Base oil is the main component in the production of lubricants including greases, motor oil and processing fluids. They constitute around 90 percent in lubricants. The American Petroleum Institute (API) has categorized base oils into five categories. Group I, II and III are refined from crude.

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Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 1 September

US base oils demand could stay muted as buyers eye existing stocks to cover requirements. US base oils/lube consumption fell in month of September...

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Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 25 August

Global base oils prices hold at levels versus feedstock and competing fuel prices that sustain incentive for refiners to maintain or raise...

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Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 25 August

Europe Group I brightstock price stays unusually firm relative to light and heavy neutrals so far in Q3 2025. Europe Group I brightstock price...

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Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 25 August

Asia’s base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil holds firm at levels that incentivize refiners to maintain or raise output. Firm margins point...

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Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 25 August

US base oils prices stay in relatively narrow range versus feedstock prices since late last year. Range-bound price-differentials contrast with...

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