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Iain Pocock

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Commodities

<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

<ul><li>Global base oils prices mostly hold firm versus feedstock/competing fuel prices amid further drop in crude oil prices.</li><li>Mostly-steady outright base oils prices and lower crude prices cushion impact of strong gasoil premium to crude oil.</li><li>Strong gasoil crack-spread incentivizes any refinery moves to trim output levels to focus more on light grades than heavy grades.</li></ul>

Global base oils prices mostly hold firm versus feedstock/competing fuel prices amid further drop in crude oil prices.Mostly-steady outright base oils prices and lower crude prices cushion impact of strong gasoil premium to crude oil.Strong gasoil crack-spread incentivizes any refinery moves to trim output levels to focus more on light grades than heavy grades.

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 13 October

<ul><li>Global base oils prices recover vs feedstock/gasoil prices after crude oil prices reverse recent gains.</li><li>Firmer base oils price-differentials ease pressure on refiners to trim run-rates at time of year when supply often starts to outpace demand.</li><li>Firmer price-differentials coincide with lighter round of plant-maintenance in coming weeks vs H1 2025.</li></ul>

Global base oils prices recover vs feedstock/gasoil prices after crude oil prices reverse recent gains.Firmer base oils price-differentials ease pressure on refiners to trim run-rates at time of year when supply often starts to outpace demand.Firmer price-differentials coincide with lighter round of plant-maintenance in coming weeks vs H1 2025.

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 6 October

<ul><li>Global Group I brightstock prices stay unusually high relative to other grades.</li><li>Brightstock price-strength helps to cushion impact of lower prices for lighter-grade base oils, supporting firm Group I base oils margins in markets like Europe.</li><li>Firm Group I base oil margins incentivize refiners to maintain high output.</li></ul>

Global Group I brightstock prices stay unusually high relative to other grades.Brightstock price-strength helps to cushion impact of lower prices for lighter-grade base oils, supporting firm Group I base oils margins in markets like Europe.Firm Group I base oil margins incentivize refiners to maintain high output.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 6 October

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils price-premiums to gasoil recover amid lower crude oil prices.</li><li>Firmer margins, and signs of crude prices mostly holding in lower range, curb pressure on refiners to adjust base oils output.</li><li>Rise in Asia’s base oils supply coincides with more muted demand in China and southeast Asia and more complicated arbitrage to move heavy grades to India.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils price-premiums to gasoil recover amid lower crude oil prices.Firmer margins, and signs of crude prices mostly holding in lower range, curb pressure on refiners to adjust base oils output.Rise in Asia’s base oils supply coincides with more muted demand in China and southeast Asia and more complicated arbitrage to move heavy grades to India.

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 6 October

Taiwan

Formosa Petrochemical Corp. refines crude oil and markets petroleum and petrochemical products.  The Company operates refineries and naphtha cracking plants that provide products such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, fuel oil, naphtha, ethylene, and liquefied petroleum gas.  FPCC also owns three utility centers and generates electricity.

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Formosa Petrochemical (6505 TT)

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

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 13 October

Global base oils prices mostly hold firm versus feedstock/competing fuel prices amid further drop in crude oil prices. Mostly-steady outright base...

Base Oil News

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 6 October

Global base oils prices recover vs feedstock/gasoil prices after crude oil prices reverse recent gains. Firmer base oils price-differentials ease...

Base Oil News

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 6 October

Global Group I brightstock prices stay unusually high relative to other grades. Brightstock price-strength helps to cushion impact of lower prices...

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Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 6 October

Asia’s base oils price-premiums to gasoil recover amid lower crude oil prices. Firmer margins, and signs of crude prices mostly holding in lower...

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