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<ul><li>US Group II base oils prices stay in unusually narrow range versus vacuum gasoil feedstock prices throughout most of this year.</li><li>US Group II base oils domestic price-premium to export prices similarly stays in relatively narrow range so far this year.</li><li>US Group II heavy-grade price-discount to prices in markets like India similarly holds in relatively narrow range throughout most of this year.</li></ul>

US Group II base oils prices stay in unusually narrow range versus vacuum gasoil feedstock prices throughout most of this year.US Group II base oils domestic price-premium to export prices similarly stays in relatively narrow range so far this year.US Group II heavy-grade price-discount to prices in markets like India similarly holds in relatively narrow range throughout most of this year.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 20 October

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<li>Global base oils margins rise in response to increasingly lower crude oil prices.</li>
<li>Mostly-steady outright prices magnify impact of lower crude oil prices.</li>
<li>Firmer margins and steady outright prices point to stronger-than-usual fundamentals for the time of year.</li>
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Global base oils margins rise in response to increasingly lower crude oil prices.
Mostly-steady outright prices magnify impact of lower crude oil prices.
Firmer margins and steady outright prices point to stronger-than-usual fundamentals for the time of year.


Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 20 October

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<ul><li>Jeff Currie: “Markets are still underestimating the scale of what’s unfolding. What we’re seeing is a form of “molecular contagion,” where localized disruptions spread across supply chains.</li><li>The growing disconnect between paper markets and physical realities is becoming harder to ignore.</li><li>This is increasingly a story of physics, not financials. And in physical crises, the signal is visible long before the impact arrives.”</li></ul>

Jeff Currie: “Markets are still underestimating the scale of what’s unfolding. What we’re seeing is a form of “molecular contagion,” where localized disruptions spread across supply chains.The growing disconnect between paper markets and physical realities is becoming harder to ignore.This is increasingly a story of physics, not financials. And in physical crises, the signal is visible long before the impact arrives.”

<ul><li><strong>The FAO Food Price Index </strong>rose to 128.3 points in April 2025, up 1.2 points from March.</li><li>Increases in the cereal, dairy and meat price indices outweighed decreases in those of sugar and vegetable oils.</li><li>Overall, the FFPI was 9.0 points (7.6%) higher than its level a year ago but remained 31.9 points (19.9%) below its peak reached in March 2022.</li></ul>

The FAO Food Price Index rose to 128.3 points in April 2025, up 1.2 points from March.Increases in the cereal, dairy and meat price indices outweighed decreases in those of sugar and vegetable oils.Overall, the FFPI was 9.0 points (7.6%) higher than its level a year ago but remained 31.9 points (19.9%) below its peak reached in March 2022.

Dairy and Food Oil Prices Continue to Push Food Prices Higher

<ul><li>US base oils demand could be steadier amid rangebound prices and signs of more muted pressure from any surplus supply.</li><li>US base oils demand typically rises in month of October from September, before falling in month of November.</li><li>Demand could be lower than usual as buyers and distributors work down stocks built up as buffer against weather-related supply disruptions during Atlantic hurricane season.</li></ul>

US base oils demand could be steadier amid rangebound prices and signs of more muted pressure from any surplus supply.US base oils demand typically rises in month of October from September, before falling in month of November.Demand could be lower than usual as buyers and distributors work down stocks built up as buffer against weather-related supply disruptions during Atlantic hurricane season.

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 13 October

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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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Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 20 October

US Group II base oils prices stay in unusually narrow range versus vacuum gasoil feedstock prices throughout most of this year. US Group II base...

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Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 20 October

Global base oils margins rise in response to increasingly lower crude oil prices. Mostly-steady outright prices magnify impact of lower crude oil...

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Dairy and Food Oil Prices Continue to Push Food Prices Higher

Overall, the FFPI was 9.0 points (7.6%) higher than its level a year ago but remained 31.9 points (19.9%) below its peak reached in March 2022.

The Commodity Report

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 13 October

US base oils demand could be steadier amid rangebound prices and signs of more muted pressure from any surplus supply. US base oils demand...

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