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Iain Pocock

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<ul><li>Asia’s base oils prices extend rise versus feedstock/competing fuel prices.</li><li>Increasingly firm margins coincide with closed arbitrage to more distant outlets like Americas, and less feasible arbitrage to logistically-closer markets like India and Middle East.</li><li>Firm margins and closed arbitrage point to tight supply.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils prices extend rise versus feedstock/competing fuel prices.Increasingly firm margins coincide with closed arbitrage to more distant outlets like Americas, and less feasible arbitrage to logistically-closer markets like India and Middle East.Firm margins and closed arbitrage point to tight supply.

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 17 March

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils demand could ease, with buyers having already covered requirements for peak-demand season in month of March.</li><li>Typical slowdown in consumption at start of second quarter of year curbs urgency for blenders to replenish supplies.</li><li>Expectations of improving availability in Q2 2025 add to attraction of holding off moves to replenish stocks.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils demand could ease, with buyers having already covered requirements for peak-demand season in month of March.Typical slowdown in consumption at start of second quarter of year curbs urgency for blenders to replenish supplies.Expectations of improving availability in Q2 2025 add to attraction of holding off moves to replenish stocks.

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 17 March

<ul><li>Europe’s Group II base oils prices hold in narrow range vs Group I prices in first two months of 2025.</li><li>Europe Group II prices flip to premium to Europe Group III 4cSt (low) prices in Feb 2025 for first time since mid-2021.</li><li>Relative price-strength of Group II base oils points to firm supply-demand fundamentals vs Group I and Group III base oils.</li></ul>

Europe’s Group II base oils prices hold in narrow range vs Group I prices in first two months of 2025.Europe Group II prices flip to premium to Europe Group III 4cSt (low) prices in Feb 2025 for first time since mid-2021.Relative price-strength of Group II base oils points to firm supply-demand fundamentals vs Group I and Group III base oils.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 10 March

<ul><li>Base oils prices extend rise vs feedstock/competing fuel prices in Asia and Europe, pointing to tighter supply-demand fundamentals.</li><li>US base oils premium to VGO/heating oil stays in narrower range, lagging rise in Asia and Europe.</li><li>Dynamic points to diverging fundamentals between US and other regions.</li></ul>

Base oils prices extend rise vs feedstock/competing fuel prices in Asia and Europe, pointing to tighter supply-demand fundamentals.US base oils premium to VGO/heating oil stays in narrower range, lagging rise in Asia and Europe.Dynamic points to diverging fundamentals between US and other regions.

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 10 March

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils prices extend rise vs feedstock/gasoil prices.</li><li>Rising margins point to increasingly tight supply-demand fundamentals, incentivizing refiners to maximise output.</li><li>Incentive to maximise output coincides with closed arbitrage from Asia to other markets, and signs of steady flows from other regions to Asia.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils prices extend rise vs feedstock/gasoil prices.Rising margins point to increasingly tight supply-demand fundamentals, incentivizing refiners to maximise output.Incentive to maximise output coincides with closed arbitrage from Asia to other markets, and signs of steady flows from other regions to Asia.

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 10 March

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Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 17 March

Asia’s base oils prices extend rise versus feedstock/competing fuel prices. Increasingly firm margins coincide with closed arbitrage to more...

Base Oil News

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 17 March

Asia’s base oils demand could ease, with buyers having already covered requirements for peak-demand season in month of March. Typical slowdown in...

Base Oil News

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 10 March

Europe’s Group II base oils prices hold in narrow range vs Group I prices in first two months of 2025. Europe Group II prices flip to premium to...

Base Oil News

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 10 March

Base oils prices extend rise vs feedstock/competing fuel prices in Asia and Europe, pointing to tighter supply-demand fundamentals. US base oils...

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Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 10 March

Asia’s base oils prices extend rise vs feedstock/gasoil prices. Rising margins point to increasingly tight supply-demand fundamentals,...

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