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Iain Pocock

Global Editor

Global Base Oils and Lubricants Markets

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Commodities

<ul><li>Asia’s heavy-grade base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil stays elevated even as it edges lower.</li><li>Firm margins incentivize refiners to maintain high output of heavy-grade base oils.</li><li>Firm margins and high output could trigger rise in surplus supplies.</li></ul>

Asia’s heavy-grade base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil stays elevated even as it edges lower.Firm margins incentivize refiners to maintain high output of heavy-grade base oils.Firm margins and high output could trigger rise in surplus supplies.

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 21 July

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils demand shows signs of holding firmer than usual for time of year even as region’s lube demand faces seasonal slowdown in month of August.</li><li>Lower end-user consumption and prospect of improving availability of supply curbs need to build stocks.</li><li>Tighter-than-usual supply so far this year, lack of build-up of surplus volumes, and seasonal pick-up in demand in late-Q3 2025 could support steady demand.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils demand shows signs of holding firmer than usual for time of year even as region’s lube demand faces seasonal slowdown in month of August.Lower end-user consumption and prospect of improving availability of supply curbs need to build stocks.Tighter-than-usual supply so far this year, lack of build-up of surplus volumes, and seasonal pick-up in demand in late-Q3 2025 could support steady demand.

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 21 July

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Jul 18th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.2bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Airports of Thailand, Intouch, Gulf Energy Development, Home Product Center, Advanced Info Service, Airports Of Thailand, Gulf Energy Development, Advanced Info Service.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Jul 18th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.2bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Airports of Thailand, Intouch, Gulf Energy Development, Home Product Center, Advanced Info Service, Airports Of Thailand, Gulf Energy Development, Advanced Info Service.


Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Jul 18th): Airports of Thailand, Intouch, Gulf Energy Development

<ul><li>Global base oils prices edge lower vs feedstock/competing fuel prices, stay well below recent highs in Q2 2025.</li><li>Lower base oils margins coincide with time of year when supply-demand fundamentals typically weaken.</li><li>Even at lower levels, base oils margins hold at levels that curb incentive for refiners to adjust output.</li></ul>

Global base oils prices edge lower vs feedstock/competing fuel prices, stay well below recent highs in Q2 2025.Lower base oils margins coincide with time of year when supply-demand fundamentals typically weaken.Even at lower levels, base oils margins hold at levels that curb incentive for refiners to adjust output.

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 14 July

<ul><li>Europe’s Group II base oils prices hold unusually firm versus vacuum gasoil at start of Q3 2025.</li><li>Europe’s Group II base oils price-differentials hold unusually firm vs Group I and Group III base oils at start of Q3 2025.</li><li>Europe’s Group II base oils price-premium to Asia/US prices trends higher from early-Q2 2025.</li></ul>

Europe’s Group II base oils prices hold unusually firm versus vacuum gasoil at start of Q3 2025.Europe’s Group II base oils price-differentials hold unusually firm vs Group I and Group III base oils at start of Q3 2025.Europe’s Group II base oils price-premium to Asia/US prices trends higher from early-Q2 2025.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 14 July

Thailand

IRPC PCL produces a variety of petrochemical products including polypropylene, high density polyethylene and expandable polystyrene primarily used in packaging materials. Through its subsidiaries, the Company produces and distributes gasoline, liquefied petroleumgas (LPG), asphalt, as well as electricity and construction materials.

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IRPC PCL (IRPC TB)

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 21 July

Asia’s heavy-grade base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil stays elevated even as it edges lower. Firm margins incentivize refiners to...

Base Oil News

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 21 July

Asia’s base oils demand shows signs of holding firmer than usual for time of year even as region’s lube demand faces seasonal slowdown in month of...

Base Oil News

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Jul 18th): Airports of Thailand, Intouch, Gulf Energy Development

We analyzed SET short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Airports of Thailand (AOT TB), Intouch (INTUCH...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 14 July

Global base oils prices edge lower vs feedstock/competing fuel prices, stay well below recent highs in Q2 2025. Lower base oils margins coincide...

Base Oil News

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 14 July

Europe’s Group II base oils prices hold unusually firm versus vacuum gasoil at start of Q3 2025. Europe’s Group II base oils price-differentials...

Base Oil News

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