Global Editor, Base Oil News

Iain Pocock

Global Editor

Global Base Oils and Lubricants Markets

Base Oil News

Base Oil News focuses on the interplay between fundamentals and prices in the global base oils and lubricants markets.

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The data and analysis provide key tools to understand current market developments and opportunities and to anticipate how the market is likely to behave in the coming months.

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Commodities

<ul><li>Asia’s heavy-grade base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil holds firm, especially for Group I base oils.</li><li>Group II heavy-grade margins stay high despite lower outright prices.</li><li>High margins point to supply-demand fundamentals that are sufficiently strong to incentivize refiners to maintain high output.</li></ul>

Asia’s heavy-grade base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil holds firm, especially for Group I base oils.Group II heavy-grade margins stay high despite lower outright prices.High margins point to supply-demand fundamentals that are sufficiently strong to incentivize refiners to maintain high output.

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 18 August

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils demand could get support from pick-up in requirements for replenishment volumes to meet seasonal rise in consumption during final weeks of Q3.</li><li>Simultaneous rise in requirements throughout Asia-Pacific region could magnify pick-up in demand and competition for supplies.</li><li>Blenders’ relatively lower stocks would add to need for additional supplies.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils demand could get support from pick-up in requirements for replenishment volumes to meet seasonal rise in consumption during final weeks of Q3.Simultaneous rise in requirements throughout Asia-Pacific region could magnify pick-up in demand and competition for supplies.Blenders’ relatively lower stocks would add to need for additional supplies.

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 18 August

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 analyse the changes of A-H premium on 157 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 54.6% as of Aug 15th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -4.2ppt week-on-week, led by real estate, financials, materials.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for MCC, Jiangxi Copper, Ganfeng Lithium, Csc Financial, Fosun Pharma.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 157 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 54.6% as of Aug 15th.
The average A-H premium changed by -4.2ppt week-on-week, led by real estate, financials, materials.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for MCC, Jiangxi Copper, Ganfeng Lithium, Csc Financial, Fosun Pharma.


A-H Premium Weekly (Aug 15th): MCC, Jiangxi Copper, Ganfeng Lithium, Csc Financial, Fosun Pharma

<ul><li>Global base oils margins stay more mixed but mostly hold at levels that sustain incentive for refiners to maintain firm output of the lubricants feedstock.</li><li>Fob Asia light-grade base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil extends rise, while heavy-grades stay more rangebound.</li><li>FOB Asia Group II light-grade price-premium to gasoil rises to highest since H1 June 2025.</li></ul>

Global base oils margins stay more mixed but mostly hold at levels that sustain incentive for refiners to maintain firm output of the lubricants feedstock.Fob Asia light-grade base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil extends rise, while heavy-grades stay more rangebound.FOB Asia Group II light-grade price-premium to gasoil rises to highest since H1 June 2025.

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 11 August

<ul><li>US Group III 4cSt base oils price-premium to Group II light grades falls at end-July for first time in three months, before extending dip in August 2025.</li><li>Asia’s Group III 4cSt (low) price-premium to Group II light grades starts trending lower from late-June 2025.</li><li>Europe Group III 4cSt (low) price-premium to Group I and Group II light grades continues to edge higher after protracted slump since early-2023.</li></ul>

US Group III 4cSt base oils price-premium to Group II light grades falls at end-July for first time in three months, before extending dip in August 2025.Asia’s Group III 4cSt (low) price-premium to Group II light grades starts trending lower from late-June 2025.Europe Group III 4cSt (low) price-premium to Group I and Group II light grades continues to edge higher after protracted slump since early-2023.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 11 August

China

PetroChina Company Limited explores, develops, and produces crude oil and natural gas.  The Company also refines, transports, and distributes crude oil and petroleum products, produces and sells chemicals, and transmits, markets and sells natural gas.

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Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 18 August

Asia’s heavy-grade base oils price-premium to Singapore gasoil holds firm, especially for Group I base oils. Group II heavy-grade margins stay...

Base Oil News

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 18 August

Asia’s base oils demand could get support from pick-up in requirements for replenishment volumes to meet seasonal rise in consumption during final...

Base Oil News

A-H Premium Weekly (Aug 15th): MCC, Jiangxi Copper, Ganfeng Lithium, Csc Financial, Fosun Pharma

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for MCC, Jiangxi Copper, Ganfeng Lithium, Csc Financial, Fosun...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 11 August

Global base oils margins stay more mixed but mostly hold at levels that sustain incentive for refiners to maintain firm output of the lubricants...

Base Oil News

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 11 August

US Group III 4cSt base oils price-premium to Group II light grades falls at end-July for first time in three months, before extending dip in...

Base Oil News

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