Global Editor, Base Oil News

Iain Pocock

Global Editor

Global Base Oils and Lubricants Markets

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Commodities

<ul><li>Disruption-driven stock-building unwound across major markets, improving supply availability faster than buyers had anticipated</li><li>Supply returned to surplus in markets such as Argentina as recovering production and weaker demand reversed recent shortages</li><li>Group I again demonstrated the benefits of a broader production base, contrasting with tighter Group II and especially Group III supply</li></ul>

Disruption-driven stock-building unwound across major markets, improving supply availability faster than buyers had anticipatedSupply returned to surplus in markets such as Argentina as recovering production and weaker demand reversed recent shortagesGroup I again demonstrated the benefits of a broader production base, contrasting with tighter Group II and especially Group III supply

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 3 July '26

Equity Capital Markets and Advisory Business, Auctus Advisors

Auctus Advisors

Equity Capital Markets and Advisory Business

Auctus Advisors is a specialist Equity Capital Markets and Advisory business with a focus in the Energy Sector. The partners have complementary skill sets, with decades of experience across Equity Capital Markets, Investment Banking and the Energy industry. We have worked at Société Générale, Canaccord Capital, BMO Capital Markets and Schlumberger. Most recently we have worked together for many years at GMP FirstEnergy. Auctus has been set up at the beginning of a new decade in which we see significant opportunities in the Energy space. Globally, demand for energy is at record levels and continues to grow. Conversely, investment in traditional energy sources has been severely constrained. We believe this imbalance creates opportunities for both companies and investors. Auctus provides Corporate Broking, Equity Research and Investment Banking services.

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<ul><li>AUCTUS PUBLICATIONS ________________________________________ Helium Evolution (HEVI CN)C; Target price of C$0.60 per share: High prices paid for lands adjacent to HEVI –The most recent Saskatchewan Crown land sale generated approximately C$16 mm from 660,598 acres, with winning bids ranging from C$2.02/acre to C$81.34/acre.</li><li>Pricing in the auction underscores the underlying value of Helium Evolution’s land position.</li><li>Parcels north of HEVI’s Fox and Abbey blocks transacted at roughly C$2/acre, while acreage to the east — where HEVI holds its largest contiguous position — cleared at materially higher levels of C$42–81/acre.</li></ul>

AUCTUS PUBLICATIONS ________________________________________ Helium Evolution (HEVI CN)C; Target price of C$0.60 per share: High prices paid for lands adjacent to HEVI –The most recent Saskatchewan Crown land sale generated approximately C$16 mm from 660,598 acres, with winning bids ranging from C$2.02/acre to C$81.34/acre.Pricing in the auction underscores the underlying value of Helium Evolution’s land position.Parcels north of HEVI’s Fox and Abbey blocks transacted at roughly C$2/acre, while acreage to the east — where HEVI holds its largest contiguous position — cleared at materially higher levels of C$42–81/acre.

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

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<li>Energy remains one of the most structurally underowned sectors in the global universe — just 62.85% of funds invested, average weight down from 8% in 2012 to 2.23% today.</li>
<li>For the first time in years, every ownership metric is moving in the right direction — 14 new positions, 20 net buyers, and $2.79bn of estimated inflows in six months.</li>
<li>The buyer base is narrow — Value and Yield funds dominate, Growth less convinced.  Stock ownership is light, but newcomers are emerging.</li>
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Energy remains one of the most structurally underowned sectors in the global universe — just 62.85% of funds invested, average weight down from 8% in 2012 to 2.23% today.
For the first time in years, every ownership metric is moving in the right direction — 14 new positions, 20 net buyers, and $2.79bn of estimated inflows in six months.
The buyer base is narrow — Value and Yield funds dominate, Growth less convinced.  Stock ownership is light, but newcomers are emerging.


Global Energy: Short-Term Recovery or Structural Shift?

<ul><li>Supply recovered across most major markets, while buyers became more cautious as crude oil prices fell and disruption risks eased.</li><li>South Korea increased exports to the US but cut volumes to India, pointing to a shift in demand rather than a shortage of supply.</li><li>Taiwan's exports rebounded and Singapore's exports began recovering, reinforcing signs of improving Asian availability.</li></ul>

Supply recovered across most major markets, while buyers became more cautious as crude oil prices fell and disruption risks eased.South Korea increased exports to the US but cut volumes to India, pointing to a shift in demand rather than a shortage of supply.Taiwan's exports rebounded and Singapore's exports began recovering, reinforcing signs of improving Asian availability.

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 19 Jun '26

<ul><li>Global base oils supply rose to a five-year high in March, but demand rose even faster, flipping the market into its first deficit in more than five years.</li><li>Asia's supply continued to outpace demand, with higher output, softer exports and weaker Chinese procurement pointing to firmer regional availability.</li><li>China's output fell from a four-year high, but remained well above normal levels, reinforcing signs of sufficient domestic supply and limited need for additional imports.</li></ul>

Global base oils supply rose to a five-year high in March, but demand rose even faster, flipping the market into its first deficit in more than five years.Asia's supply continued to outpace demand, with higher output, softer exports and weaker Chinese procurement pointing to firmer regional availability.China's output fell from a four-year high, but remained well above normal levels, reinforcing signs of sufficient domestic supply and limited need for additional imports.

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 12 Jun '26

United States

Exxon Mobil Corporation operates petroleum and petrochemicals businesses on a worldwide basis.  The Company's operations include exploration and production of oil and gas, electric power generation, and coal and minerals operations. Exxon Mobil also manufactures and markets fuels, lubricants, and chemicals.

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Exxon Mobil (XOM US)

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 3 July '26

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AUCTUS ON FRIDAY - 03.07.2026

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Auctus Advisors

Global Energy: Short-Term Recovery or Structural Shift?

Energy remains one of the most structurally underowned sectors in the global universe, but appetite for a larger allocation is growing

Steven Holden

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 19 Jun '26

Supply recovered across most major markets, while buyers became more cautious as crude oil prices fell and disruption risks eased. South Korea...

Base Oil News

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 12 Jun '26

Global base oils supply rose to a five-year high in March, but demand rose even faster, flipping the market into its first deficit in more than...

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