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<ul><li>Several Group II cargoes load from Taiwan in past week before heading to southeast Asia.</li><li>Total Group II shipments so far this month amount to little more than half the volume during the same period in January.</li><li>Dip in cargo loadings mirrors similar dynamic in Singapore in recent weeks, coincides with Lunar New Year holidays.</li></ul>

Several Group II cargoes load from Taiwan in past week before heading to southeast Asia.Total Group II shipments so far this month amount to little more than half the volume during the same period in January.Dip in cargo loadings mirrors similar dynamic in Singapore in recent weeks, coincides with Lunar New Year holidays.

Global Base Oils Cargo Flows: Week To 20 February

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

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Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>We will stay near-term bullish as long as crucial support levels of 6780-6824 on SPX and $141.50 on ACWI-US continue to hold.</li>
<li>We are not fighting the bullish trend with all the MSCI global indexes (MSCI ACWI, EAFE, ACWI ex-US, and EM) hitting multi-year highs, but we are monitoring potential concerns--notably...</li>
<li>...global defensives Staples (KXI-US), Utilities (JXI-US), RealEstate (RWO-US) at 5+ month RS highs, U.S. dollar (DXY) holding above $96.40, crude oil prices bottoming, gasoline (UGA) breaking out from 3.5+year downtrend.</li>
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We will stay near-term bullish as long as crucial support levels of 6780-6824 on SPX and $141.50 on ACWI-US continue to hold.
We are not fighting the bullish trend with all the MSCI global indexes (MSCI ACWI, EAFE, ACWI ex-US, and EM) hitting multi-year highs, but we are monitoring potential concerns--notably...
...global defensives Staples (KXI-US), Utilities (JXI-US), RealEstate (RWO-US) at 5+ month RS highs, U.S. dollar (DXY) holding above $96.40, crude oil prices bottoming, gasoline (UGA) breaking out from 3.5+year downtrend.


Defensives Leading; Concerns Persist. Actionable Themes: Staples, Utilities, Energy, Transports

<ul><li>November supply rose month on month in every major market except the Middle East, where refinery-maintenance curtailed output.</li><li>Output posted the largest increase in the Americas, driven largely by the completion of plant-maintenance in the US.</li><li>Asia’s base oils output rose year on year for a fourth straight month, with gains extending into December.</li></ul>

November supply rose month on month in every major market except the Middle East, where refinery-maintenance curtailed output.Output posted the largest increase in the Americas, driven largely by the completion of plant-maintenance in the US.Asia’s base oils output rose year on year for a fourth straight month, with gains extending into December.

Global Base Oils Supply Rises in November Before Seasonal Slowdown

<ul><li>Asia demand rising: Philippines &amp; Vietnam imports rebounded in December, helping refiners clear surplus barrels</li><li>Indonesia Group III recovers: Exports rose as outage impacts faded; imports fell</li><li>Europe diverges: Group I supply rebounded in November, while Group II tightened on lower US and Saudi imports</li></ul>

Asia demand rising: Philippines &amp; Vietnam imports rebounded in December, helping refiners clear surplus barrelsIndonesia Group III recovers: Exports rose as outage impacts faded; imports fellEurope diverges: Group I supply rebounded in November, while Group II tightened on lower US and Saudi imports

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 06 Feb '26

<ul><li>Group II cargo-loadings from Taiwan pause in past week, after a surge in shipments in Dec 2025 and Jan 2026.</li><li>Several large cargoes loaded from Taiwan in H2 Jan 2026 before heading to India, with first shipment set to arrive in the coming days.</li><li>Singapore took delivery of another cargo from China in the past week, extending for a third straight week a wave of shipments from that market.</li></ul>

Group II cargo-loadings from Taiwan pause in past week, after a surge in shipments in Dec 2025 and Jan 2026.Several large cargoes loaded from Taiwan in H2 Jan 2026 before heading to India, with first shipment set to arrive in the coming days.Singapore took delivery of another cargo from China in the past week, extending for a third straight week a wave of shipments from that market.

Global Base Oils Cargo Flows: Week To 6 February

Japan

Cosmo Energy Holdings Co., Ltd. operates as a holding company.  The Company, through its subsidiaries, imports, refines, and sells crude oil as well engages in the independent development of oil resources.

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Global Base Oils Cargo Flows: Week To 6 February

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