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Iain Pocock

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<ul><li>Asia’s heavy-grade base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil holds firm in narrow range, even if down from highs in Q2 2025.</li><li>Firm premium sustains incentive for refiners to maintain high output of heavy grades even amid signs of rise in surplus supply.</li><li>FOB Asia Group II heavy-grade price discount to CFR UAE prices rises to highest in more than a year.</li></ul>

Asia’s heavy-grade base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil holds firm in narrow range, even if down from highs in Q2 2025.Firm premium sustains incentive for refiners to maintain high output of heavy grades even amid signs of rise in surplus supply.FOB Asia Group II heavy-grade price discount to CFR UAE prices rises to highest in more than a year.

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 11 August

<ul><li>US Group II light-grade export-price premium to vacuum gasoil holds close to lows in Q1 2025.</li><li>Lower base oils margins and drop in outright export prices suggest recent tightness of light-grade supplies is easing.</li><li>Drop in export prices facilitates removal of any such surplus volumes, keeping fundamentals balanced for longer in domestic market.</li></ul>

US Group II light-grade export-price premium to vacuum gasoil holds close to lows in Q1 2025.Lower base oils margins and drop in outright export prices suggest recent tightness of light-grade supplies is easing.Drop in export prices facilitates removal of any such surplus volumes, keeping fundamentals balanced for longer in domestic market.

Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 11 August

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils demand could get support from moves to replenish stocks that were more balanced than expected at start of Q3 2025.</li><li>Blenders could be targeting additional supplies to cover seasonal rise in consumption in final weeks of Q3 2025.</li><li>Stocks could be more balanced than expected because of unusually strong rise in demand at end-Q2 2025.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils demand could get support from moves to replenish stocks that were more balanced than expected at start of Q3 2025.Blenders could be targeting additional supplies to cover seasonal rise in consumption in final weeks of Q3 2025.Stocks could be more balanced than expected because of unusually strong rise in demand at end-Q2 2025.

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 11 August

<ul><li>US base oils demand likely to stay muted.</li><li>Expectations of growing surplus supplies boost attraction of maintaining lower stocks and procuring smaller top-up volumes more frequently.</li><li>Buyers could seek to maintain sufficient volumes to cover any supply-disruptions as market heads into time of year when Atlantic hurricane activity typically peaks.</li></ul>

US base oils demand likely to stay muted.Expectations of growing surplus supplies boost attraction of maintaining lower stocks and procuring smaller top-up volumes more frequently.Buyers could seek to maintain sufficient volumes to cover any supply-disruptions as market heads into time of year when Atlantic hurricane activity typically peaks.

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 11 August

<ul><li>US base oils demand likely to stay lower amid signs of healthy availability of supply.</li><li>Healthy availability of supply, buyers’ sufficient stocks and seasonal slowdown in consumption incentivize buyers to hold back.</li><li>Ongoing fall in US base oils export prices adds to signs of weaker domestic demand.</li></ul>

US base oils demand likely to stay lower amid signs of healthy availability of supply.Healthy availability of supply, buyers’ sufficient stocks and seasonal slowdown in consumption incentivize buyers to hold back.Ongoing fall in US base oils export prices adds to signs of weaker domestic demand.

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 4 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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Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 11 August

Asia’s heavy-grade base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil holds firm in narrow range, even if down from highs in Q2 2025. Firm premium...

Base Oil News

Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 11 August

US Group II light-grade export-price premium to vacuum gasoil holds close to lows in Q1 2025. Lower base oils margins and drop in outright export...

Base Oil News

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 11 August

Asia’s base oils demand could get support from moves to replenish stocks that were more balanced than expected at start of Q3 2025. Blenders could...

Base Oil News

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 11 August

US base oils demand likely to stay muted. Expectations of growing surplus supplies boost attraction of maintaining lower stocks and procuring...

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Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 4 August

US base oils demand likely to stay lower amid signs of healthy availability of supply. Healthy availability of supply, buyers’ sufficient stocks...

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