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Iain Pocock

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<ul><li>US Group II light-grade export-price premium to vacuum gasoil holds close to lows in Q1 2025.</li><li>Lower base oils margins and drop in outright export prices suggest recent tightness of light-grade supplies is easing.</li><li>Drop in export prices facilitates removal of any such surplus volumes, keeping fundamentals balanced for longer in domestic market.</li></ul>

US Group II light-grade export-price premium to vacuum gasoil holds close to lows in Q1 2025.Lower base oils margins and drop in outright export prices suggest recent tightness of light-grade supplies is easing.Drop in export prices facilitates removal of any such surplus volumes, keeping fundamentals balanced for longer in domestic market.

Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 11 August

<ul><li>US base oils demand likely to stay muted.</li><li>Expectations of growing surplus supplies boost attraction of maintaining lower stocks and procuring smaller top-up volumes more frequently.</li><li>Buyers could seek to maintain sufficient volumes to cover any supply-disruptions as market heads into time of year when Atlantic hurricane activity typically peaks.</li></ul>

US base oils demand likely to stay muted.Expectations of growing surplus supplies boost attraction of maintaining lower stocks and procuring smaller top-up volumes more frequently.Buyers could seek to maintain sufficient volumes to cover any supply-disruptions as market heads into time of year when Atlantic hurricane activity typically peaks.

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 11 August

<ul><li>US base oils demand likely to stay lower amid signs of healthy availability of supply.</li><li>Healthy availability of supply, buyers’ sufficient stocks and seasonal slowdown in consumption incentivize buyers to hold back.</li><li>Ongoing fall in US base oils export prices adds to signs of weaker domestic demand.</li></ul>

US base oils demand likely to stay lower amid signs of healthy availability of supply.Healthy availability of supply, buyers’ sufficient stocks and seasonal slowdown in consumption incentivize buyers to hold back.Ongoing fall in US base oils export prices adds to signs of weaker domestic demand.

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 4 August

<ul><li>US base oils export price-premium to feedstock/competing fuel prices extends fall at end-July 2025.</li><li>Weaker base oils export margins and signs of rising surplus supply could incentivize refiners to adjust output.</li><li>Steadier domestic base oils margins, and steady removal of surplus supplies in overseas markets, could instead curb any such moves.</li></ul>

US base oils export price-premium to feedstock/competing fuel prices extends fall at end-July 2025.Weaker base oils export margins and signs of rising surplus supply could incentivize refiners to adjust output.Steadier domestic base oils margins, and steady removal of surplus supplies in overseas markets, could instead curb any such moves.

Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 4 August

<ul><li>Group II heavy-grade base oils premium to light grades is almost the same in US, Europe and Asia markets at same time and for first time in more than five years.</li><li>Similar price-spreads in all those markets contrast with diverging fundamentals driving those similar price-spreads, especially in Europe.</li><li>Similar price-spreads in US vs other markets follow sustained weakness of US heavy-grade prices because of persistent surplus supply.</li></ul>

Group II heavy-grade base oils premium to light grades is almost the same in US, Europe and Asia markets at same time and for first time in more than five years.Similar price-spreads in all those markets contrast with diverging fundamentals driving those similar price-spreads, especially in Europe.Similar price-spreads in US vs other markets follow sustained weakness of US heavy-grade prices because of persistent surplus supply.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 4 August

Germany

FUCHS SE manufactures lubricants and related specialty products. The Company refines and produces industrial and automotive lubricants, hydraulic oils, greases, and polishing products, as well as biodegradable oils. FUCHS markets its products worldwide.

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Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 11 August

US Group II light-grade export-price premium to vacuum gasoil holds close to lows in Q1 2025. Lower base oils margins and drop in outright export...

Base Oil News

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 11 August

US base oils demand likely to stay muted. Expectations of growing surplus supplies boost attraction of maintaining lower stocks and procuring...

Base Oil News

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 4 August

US base oils demand likely to stay lower amid signs of healthy availability of supply. Healthy availability of supply, buyers’ sufficient stocks...

Base Oil News

Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 4 August

US base oils export price-premium to feedstock/competing fuel prices extends fall at end-July 2025. Weaker base oils export margins and signs of...

Base Oil News

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 4 August

Group II heavy-grade base oils premium to light grades is almost the same in US, Europe and Asia markets at same time and for first time in more...

Base Oil News

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