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Iain Pocock

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<ul><li>US base oils demand likely to weaken over coming weeks amid seasonal slowdown in requirements and expected rise in supply.</li><li>US Group II domestic price-premium to export prices stay in narrow range at time of year when it typically widens.</li><li>Steady domestic price-premium points to more balanced fundamentals, curbs pressure on any imminent adjustment in those domestic prices.</li></ul>

US base oils demand likely to weaken over coming weeks amid seasonal slowdown in requirements and expected rise in supply.US Group II domestic price-premium to export prices stay in narrow range at time of year when it typically widens.Steady domestic price-premium points to more balanced fundamentals, curbs pressure on any imminent adjustment in those domestic prices.

Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 3 November

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<li>US base oils demand likely to stay muted amid expectations of waning end-user consumption and improving supply in coming weeks.</li>
<li>US base oils demand typically falls in month of November from October.</li>
<li>Prospect of slowdown in demand would coincide with rise in supply following expected completion of plant-maintenance in H1 Nov 2025.</li>
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US base oils demand likely to stay muted amid expectations of waning end-user consumption and improving supply in coming weeks.
US base oils demand typically falls in month of November from October.
Prospect of slowdown in demand would coincide with rise in supply following expected completion of plant-maintenance in H1 Nov 2025.


Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 27 October

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<li>US Group II base oils prices hold firm vs VGO prices.</li>
<li>Firm base oils margins sustain incentive for refiners to maintain high output.</li>
<li>Supply set to get further boost following expected completion of plant-maintenance in H1 Nov 2025.</li>
</ul>


US Group II base oils prices hold firm vs VGO prices.
Firm base oils margins sustain incentive for refiners to maintain high output.
Supply set to get further boost following expected completion of plant-maintenance in H1 Nov 2025.


Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 27 October

<ul><li>Asia’s Group II base oils cargo prices hold firm versus US export prices so far in Q4 2025.</li><li>Firm prices complicate arbitrage to move surplus supplies to markets like Latin America, suggesting Asia’s supply-demand fundamentals remain balanced to tight.</li><li>Asia’s Group II base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil price stays at similar levels so far in Q4 2025 to end-Q3, even after recent rebound in crude/gasoil prices.</li></ul>

Asia’s Group II base oils cargo prices hold firm versus US export prices so far in Q4 2025.Firm prices complicate arbitrage to move surplus supplies to markets like Latin America, suggesting Asia’s supply-demand fundamentals remain balanced to tight.Asia’s Group II base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil price stays at similar levels so far in Q4 2025 to end-Q3, even after recent rebound in crude/gasoil prices.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 27 October

<ul><li>US base oils prices rise versus feedstock/competing fuel prices, especially for Group II light-grade export prices.</li><li>Firmer margins point to steady-to-tight supply-demand fundamentals at a time of year when they typically start to weaken.</li><li>Firmer margins incentivize refiners to maintain or raise output.</li></ul>

US base oils prices rise versus feedstock/competing fuel prices, especially for Group II light-grade export prices.Firmer margins point to steady-to-tight supply-demand fundamentals at a time of year when they typically start to weaken.Firmer margins incentivize refiners to maintain or raise output.

Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 20 October

United States

HF Sinclair Corporation refines, transports, stores, and markets petroleum products. The Company's refineries produce light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, and jet fuel which are marketed in the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, and Montana.

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Americas/EMEA base oils demand outlook: Week of 27 October

US base oils demand likely to stay muted amid expectations of waning end-user consumption and improving supply in coming weeks. US base oils...

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Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 27 October

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Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 27 October

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Americas/EMEA base oils supply outlook: Week of 20 October

US base oils prices rise versus feedstock/competing fuel prices, especially for Group II light-grade export prices. Firmer margins point to...

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