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<li>US base oils export prices extend fall versus feedstock/competing fuel prices.</li>
<li>Increasingly firm heating oil premium to crude oil compounds weakness of base oils prices.</li>
<li>Diverging price trends could prompt moves to divert more feedstock supplies into diesel pool.</li>
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US base oils export prices extend fall versus feedstock/competing fuel prices.
Increasingly firm heating oil premium to crude oil compounds weakness of base oils prices.
Diverging price trends could prompt moves to divert more feedstock supplies into diesel pool.


Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 28 July

<ul><li>India’s imported Group I heavy neutrals base oils cargo price strengthens relative to FOB Asia and Europe prices in July 2025.</li><li>India’s rising price-differential for Group I SN 500 follows drop in availability of the supplies from Iran especially in recent months.</li><li>India’s imports of Group I heavy neutrals fall to eighteen-month low in June 2025, mostly because of drop in supplies from Middle East.</li></ul>

India’s imported Group I heavy neutrals base oils cargo price strengthens relative to FOB Asia and Europe prices in July 2025.India’s rising price-differential for Group I SN 500 follows drop in availability of the supplies from Iran especially in recent months.India’s imports of Group I heavy neutrals fall to eighteen-month low in June 2025, mostly because of drop in supplies from Middle East.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 28 July

<ul><li>Global base oils prices turn more mixed relative to feedstock/competing fuel prices.</li><li>Light-grade margins face more pressure in Asia than in other markets.</li><li>Dynamic boosts incentive for adjustments in output in that market, points to more balanced fundamentals in other markets.</li></ul>

Global base oils prices turn more mixed relative to feedstock/competing fuel prices.Light-grade margins face more pressure in Asia than in other markets.Dynamic boosts incentive for adjustments in output in that market, points to more balanced fundamentals in other markets.

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 28 July

<ul><li>Global base oils prices face more pressure versus feedstock/competing fuel prices, especially for light grades, and especially in Asia.</li><li>Heavy-grade price-premium to feedstock/competing fuel prices also faces more pressure in Asia than in other markets.</li><li>Dynamic increases prospect of any adjustments in output taking place in Asia ahead of other markets.</li></ul>

Global base oils prices face more pressure versus feedstock/competing fuel prices, especially for light grades, and especially in Asia.Heavy-grade price-premium to feedstock/competing fuel prices also faces more pressure in Asia than in other markets.Dynamic increases prospect of any adjustments in output taking place in Asia ahead of other markets.

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 21 July

<ul><li>Asia’s Group II heavy-grade base oils cargo price-premium to US export prices widens in H1 July, further complicating arbitrage to Americas.</li><li>Asia's Group II light-grade price-discount to US export prices narrows, complicating arbitrage to Americas.</li><li>Asia’s firm Group II base oils prices contrast with steep price-discount to US export prices in Q2-Q3 2024.</li></ul>

Asia’s Group II heavy-grade base oils cargo price-premium to US export prices widens in H1 July, further complicating arbitrage to Americas.Asia's Group II light-grade price-discount to US export prices narrows, complicating arbitrage to Americas.Asia’s firm Group II base oils prices contrast with steep price-discount to US export prices in Q2-Q3 2024.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 21 July

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Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 28 July

US base oils export prices extend fall versus feedstock/competing fuel prices. Increasingly firm heating oil premium to crude oil compounds...

Base Oil News

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 28 July

India’s imported Group I heavy neutrals base oils cargo price strengthens relative to FOB Asia and Europe prices in July 2025. India’s rising...

Base Oil News

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 28 July

Global base oils prices turn more mixed relative to feedstock/competing fuel prices. Light-grade margins face more pressure in Asia than in other...

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Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 21 July

Global base oils prices face more pressure versus feedstock/competing fuel prices, especially for light grades, and especially in...

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Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 21 July

Asia’s Group II heavy-grade base oils cargo price-premium to US export prices widens in H1 July, further complicating arbitrage to...

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