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Iain Pocock

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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>We expect our coverage universe EBITDA to increase by 46.8% YoY, +14% QoQ, owing to an improvement in profitability from the downstream segment due to higher refining GRMs</li><li>Upstream segment earnings to decline by 0.2% YoY but grow by 6.3% QoQ owing to sequential rise in crude prices and rupee depreciation</li><li>We expect high LNG spot rate to have an adverse impact on natural gas offtake volume from Industrial and Commercial customers</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

We expect our coverage universe EBITDA to increase by 46.8% YoY, +14% QoQ, owing to an improvement in profitability from the downstream segment due to higher refining GRMsUpstream segment earnings to decline by 0.2% YoY but grow by 6.3% QoQ owing to sequential rise in crude prices and rupee depreciationWe expect high LNG spot rate to have an adverse impact on natural gas offtake volume from Industrial and Commercial customersContent is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Oil and Gas (Q2FY26 Result Preview): Strong refining margins to lift earnings

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils demand could stay more cautious as signs of healthy stocks and rising supplies curb urgency to buy.</li><li>Any need to move surplus supplies to markets beyond Asia could put pressure on adjustment in prices to make those shipments more feasible.</li><li>Any such moves, and the subsequent prospect of additional price-pressure, could add to attraction of procuring smaller volumes more frequently.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils demand could stay more cautious as signs of healthy stocks and rising supplies curb urgency to buy.Any need to move surplus supplies to markets beyond Asia could put pressure on adjustment in prices to make those shipments more feasible.Any such moves, and the subsequent prospect of additional price-pressure, could add to attraction of procuring smaller volumes more frequently.

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 13 October

<ul><li>Asia’s Group II base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil holds in narrow range.</li><li>Firm gasoil premium to crude oil puts more pressure on refiners to trim light-grade supply rather than heavy grades, despite persistent surplus availability of heavy grades.</li><li>Asia’s base oils supply-surplus could face more upward pressure over coming months, even with firmer gasoil premium to crude, amid lighter round of plant-maintenance and start-up of new base oils units.</li></ul>

Asia’s Group II base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil holds in narrow range.Firm gasoil premium to crude oil puts more pressure on refiners to trim light-grade supply rather than heavy grades, despite persistent surplus availability of heavy grades.Asia’s base oils supply-surplus could face more upward pressure over coming months, even with firmer gasoil premium to crude, amid lighter round of plant-maintenance and start-up of new base oils units.

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 13 October

<ul><li>Asia Group I heavy-neutrals price falls vs ex-tank UAE price since early-August to widest discount in more than two years.</li><li>Wider price-discount facilitates arbitrage to move surplus supplies from Asia to Middle East.</li><li>Asia’s surplus Group I supplies rise amid pick-up in imports from other regions like Europe, as well as recovery in output in markets like Thailand after plant-maintenance work.</li></ul>

Asia Group I heavy-neutrals price falls vs ex-tank UAE price since early-August to widest discount in more than two years.Wider price-discount facilitates arbitrage to move surplus supplies from Asia to Middle East.Asia’s surplus Group I supplies rise amid pick-up in imports from other regions like Europe, as well as recovery in output in markets like Thailand after plant-maintenance work.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 13 October

India

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is an Indian public sector oil and gas company involved in refining crude oil and marketing petroleum products, with significant presence in the upstream and downstream sectors. It operates refineries and an extensive marketing and distribution network across India, offering products such as petrol, diesel, LPG, and lubricants. The company is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and was formed in 1976 through the nationalization of Burmah Shell.

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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...

Base Oil News

Oil and Gas (Q2FY26 Result Preview): Strong refining margins to lift earnings

We expect our coverage universe EBITDA to increase by 46.8% YoY, +14% QoQ, owing to an improvement in profitability from the downstream segment due...

HDFC Securities

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 13 October

Asia’s base oils demand could stay more cautious as signs of healthy stocks and rising supplies curb urgency to buy. Any need to move surplus...

Base Oil News

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 13 October

Asia’s Group II base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil holds in narrow range. Firm gasoil premium to crude oil puts more pressure on refiners...

Base Oil News

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 13 October

Asia Group I heavy-neutrals price falls vs ex-tank UAE price since early-August to widest discount in more than two years. Wider price-discount...

Base Oil News

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