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Iain Pocock

Global Editor

Global Base Oils and Lubricants Markets

Base Oil News

Base Oil News focuses on the interplay between fundamentals and prices in the global base oils and lubricants markets.

Baseoilnews.com combines daily, weekly and monthly base oils and lubes fundamentals data from every region of the world to build the most comprehensive and up-to-date global picture of the state of the market.

The data and analysis provide key tools to understand current market developments and opportunities and to anticipate how the market is likely to behave in the coming months.

Base oils producers, lube blenders and consumers can then better plan accordingly.

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Commodities

<ul><li>US base oils prices extend rise vs feedstock/competing fuel prices.</li><li>Rising base oils margins point to supply-demand fundamentals that are firm enough to support the higher price differentials.</li><li>Supply fundamentals likely to be tighter in early Q2 2025 amid heavy round of plant maintenance work in North America.</li></ul>

US base oils prices extend rise vs feedstock/competing fuel prices.Rising base oils margins point to supply-demand fundamentals that are firm enough to support the higher price differentials.Supply fundamentals likely to be tighter in early Q2 2025 amid heavy round of plant maintenance work in North America.

Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 5 May

<ul><li>US base oils demand likely to stay muted in face of slowing economic growth/manufacturing activity, combined with sufficient availability of supply.</li><li>Sliding crude oil prices add to reluctance to buy.</li><li>Supply shows signs of staying sufficient to meet demand even with heavy round of plant maintenance work that follows slump in domestic output in Feb 2025.</li></ul>

US base oils demand likely to stay muted in face of slowing economic growth/manufacturing activity, combined with sufficient availability of supply.Sliding crude oil prices add to reluctance to buy.Supply shows signs of staying sufficient to meet demand even with heavy round of plant maintenance work that follows slump in domestic output in Feb 2025.

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 5 May

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils demand likely to face more downward pressure as slowing industrial activity in key regional markets start to reflect impact of US tariffs.</li><li>Demand already slowed amid uncertainty about impact of tariffs.</li><li>Slowdown in demand highlights widespread repercussion of tariffs, even for products that are not directly impacted.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils demand likely to face more downward pressure as slowing industrial activity in key regional markets start to reflect impact of US tariffs.Demand already slowed amid uncertainty about impact of tariffs.Slowdown in demand highlights widespread repercussion of tariffs, even for products that are not directly impacted.

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 5 May

<ul><li>Global base oils price premium to feedstock/competing fuel prices stays higher at end-April 2025 than a month earlier.</li><li>Higher margins coincide with seasonal rise in demand and plant maintenance work.</li><li>Higher margins follow sharp fall in crude oil prices.</li></ul>

Global base oils price premium to feedstock/competing fuel prices stays higher at end-April 2025 than a month earlier.Higher margins coincide with seasonal rise in demand and plant maintenance work.Higher margins follow sharp fall in crude oil prices.

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 28 April

<ul><li>US domestic Group I brightstock price outperforms lighter grades and Group II prices.</li><li>US export brightstock prices significantly lag brightstock prices in Europe and Asia.</li><li>Widening price-discount reflects signs of increasingly diverging supply-demand fundamentals between US and Europe and Asia.</li></ul>

US domestic Group I brightstock price outperforms lighter grades and Group II prices.US export brightstock prices significantly lag brightstock prices in Europe and Asia.Widening price-discount reflects signs of increasingly diverging supply-demand fundamentals between US and Europe and Asia.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 28 April

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 supply outlook: Week of 5 May

US base oils prices extend rise vs feedstock/competing fuel prices. Rising base oils margins point to supply-demand fundamentals that are firm...

Base Oil News

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 5 May

US base oils demand likely to stay muted in face of slowing economic growth/manufacturing activity, combined with sufficient availability of...

Base Oil News

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 5 May

Asia’s base oils demand likely to face more downward pressure as slowing industrial activity in key regional markets start to reflect impact of US...

Base Oil News

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 28 April

Global base oils price premium to feedstock/competing fuel prices stays higher at end-April 2025 than a month earlier. Higher margins coincide...

Base Oil News

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 28 April

US domestic Group I brightstock price outperforms lighter grades and Group II prices. US export brightstock prices significantly lag brightstock...

Base Oil News

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