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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Commodities

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils demand could get support as buyers focus on locking in supply to cover requirements during final weeks of Q3 2025.</li><li>Dynamic would highlight disconnect between typical seasonal slowdown in lube demand in month of August and need to secure base oils supplies to meet pick-up in demand at end of third quarter.</li><li>Expectations of sufficient supply could prompt buyers to maintain balanced inventories rather than to seek larger stocks.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils demand could get support as buyers focus on locking in supply to cover requirements during final weeks of Q3 2025.Dynamic would highlight disconnect between typical seasonal slowdown in lube demand in month of August and need to secure base oils supplies to meet pick-up in demand at end of third quarter.Expectations of sufficient supply could prompt buyers to maintain balanced inventories rather than to seek larger stocks.

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 28 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 Bursa stocks as of Jul 25th. The aggregated short interest is USD397m.</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 Supermax, PPB, Sunway Construction, IJM, Cahya Mata Sarawak.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of Bursa stocks as of Jul 25th. The aggregated short interest is USD397m.
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 Supermax, PPB, Sunway Construction, IJM, Cahya Mata Sarawak.


Bursa Short Interest Weekly (Jul 25th): Supermax, PPB, Sunway Construction, IJM, Cahya Mata Sarawak

<ul><li>Global base oils prices face more pressure versus feedstock/competing fuel prices, especially for light grades, and especially in Asia.</li><li>Heavy-grade price-premium to feedstock/competing fuel prices also faces more pressure in Asia than in other markets.</li><li>Dynamic increases prospect of any adjustments in output taking place in Asia ahead of other markets.</li></ul>

Global base oils prices face more pressure versus feedstock/competing fuel prices, especially for light grades, and especially in Asia.Heavy-grade price-premium to feedstock/competing fuel prices also faces more pressure in Asia than in other markets.Dynamic increases prospect of any adjustments in output taking place in Asia ahead of other markets.

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 21 July

<ul><li>Asia’s Group II heavy-grade base oils cargo price-premium to US export prices widens in H1 July, further complicating arbitrage to Americas.</li><li>Asia's Group II light-grade price-discount to US export prices narrows, complicating arbitrage to Americas.</li><li>Asia’s firm Group II base oils prices contrast with steep price-discount to US export prices in Q2-Q3 2024.</li></ul>

Asia’s Group II heavy-grade base oils cargo price-premium to US export prices widens in H1 July, further complicating arbitrage to Americas.Asia's Group II light-grade price-discount to US export prices narrows, complicating arbitrage to Americas.Asia’s firm Group II base oils prices contrast with steep price-discount to US export prices in Q2-Q3 2024.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 21 July

<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

Malaysia

Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd. is a chemical company. The Company offers a diversified range of petrochemical products such as olefins, polymers, fertilisers, methanol, and other basic chemicals and derivative products.

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Petronas Chemicals Group (PCHEM MK)

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 28 July

Asia’s base oils demand could get support as buyers focus on locking in supply to cover requirements during final weeks of Q3 2025. Dynamic would...

Base Oil News

Bursa Short Interest Weekly (Jul 25th): Supermax, PPB, Sunway Construction, IJM, Cahya Mata Sarawak

We analyzed Bursa Malaysia short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Supermax, PPB, Sunway Construction,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 21 July

Global base oils prices face more pressure versus feedstock/competing fuel prices, especially for light grades, and especially in...

Base Oil News

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 21 July

Asia’s Group II heavy-grade base oils cargo price-premium to US export prices widens in H1 July, further complicating arbitrage to...

Base Oil News

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

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