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<ul><li>Asia’s heavy-grade base oils prices stay high relative to feedstock/gasoil prices.</li><li>Firm margins point to ongoing supply-tightness even with completion of most plant maintenance work.</li><li>Firm margins suggest supply-tightness continues to outweigh signs of more muted demand, incentivizing refiners to boost output of heavy grades.</li></ul>

Asia’s heavy-grade base oils prices stay high relative to feedstock/gasoil prices.Firm margins point to ongoing supply-tightness even with completion of most plant maintenance work.Firm margins suggest supply-tightness continues to outweigh signs of more muted demand, incentivizing refiners to boost output of heavy grades.

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 26 May

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils demand likely to weaken in face of seasonal slowdown in consumption and rise in supply.</li><li>Drop in lube demand likely to gather pace from start of Q3 2025.</li><li>Drop in demand could be larger than usual because of weaker-than-expected economic growth.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils demand likely to weaken in face of seasonal slowdown in consumption and rise in supply.Drop in lube demand likely to gather pace from start of Q3 2025.Drop in demand could be larger than usual because of weaker-than-expected economic growth.

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 26 May

<ul><li>Global base oils prices hold firm vs feedstock/competing fuel prices even as they edge lower.</li><li>Firm base oils values point to tight supply-demand fundamentals, incentivize refiners to maintain high output.</li><li>Base oils values hold firm ahead of typical seasonal slowdown in demand in coming weeks in Asia, and from start of Q3 in Europe/US.</li></ul>

Global base oils prices hold firm vs feedstock/competing fuel prices even as they edge lower.Firm base oils values point to tight supply-demand fundamentals, incentivize refiners to maintain high output.Base oils values hold firm ahead of typical seasonal slowdown in demand in coming weeks in Asia, and from start of Q3 in Europe/US.

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 19 May

<ul><li>US Group II base oils price-premium to vacuum gasoil trends higher in recent weeks compared with Q1 2025, even with dip in premium in mid-May.</li><li>Group II domestic/export price premium trends higher after holding in relatively narrow range from mid-Nov 2024 to end-Q1 2025.</li><li>Narrow range contrasts with steeper fall in Group II export price-premium to VGO in Q4 2023 and Q1 2024, followed by sharper recovery from end-Q1 2024.</li></ul>

US Group II base oils price-premium to vacuum gasoil trends higher in recent weeks compared with Q1 2025, even with dip in premium in mid-May.Group II domestic/export price premium trends higher after holding in relatively narrow range from mid-Nov 2024 to end-Q1 2025.Narrow range contrasts with steeper fall in Group II export price-premium to VGO in Q4 2023 and Q1 2024, followed by sharper recovery from end-Q1 2024.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 19 May

<ul><li>Asia’s heavy-grade base oils prices hold firm versus feedstock/gasoil prices.</li><li>Asia’s Group II light-grade prices slip vs feedstock/gasoil prices faster than heavy grades and faster than Group I light grades.</li><li>Supply-demand fundamentals likely to improve for light and heavy grades in coming weeks as plant maintenance draws to a close and demand slows.</li></ul>

Asia’s heavy-grade base oils prices hold firm versus feedstock/gasoil prices.Asia’s Group II light-grade prices slip vs feedstock/gasoil prices faster than heavy grades and faster than Group I light grades.Supply-demand fundamentals likely to improve for light and heavy grades in coming weeks as plant maintenance draws to a close and demand slows.

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 19 May

South Korea

S-Oil Corporation refines crude oil and sells petroleum and its related products.  The Company mainly focuses on petroleum refining, petrochemical, and lubricant business. S-Oil's major products are gasoline, bunker oil, kerosene, naphtha, lubricants, benzene, toluene, and xylene.

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Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 26 May

Asia’s heavy-grade base oils prices stay high relative to feedstock/gasoil prices. Firm margins point to ongoing supply-tightness even with...

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Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 26 May

Asia’s base oils demand likely to weaken in face of seasonal slowdown in consumption and rise in supply. Drop in lube demand likely to gather pace...

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Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 19 May

Global base oils prices hold firm vs feedstock/competing fuel prices even as they edge lower. Firm base oils values point to tight supply-demand...

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Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 19 May

US Group II base oils price-premium to vacuum gasoil trends higher in recent weeks compared with Q1 2025, even with dip in premium in...

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Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 19 May

Asia’s heavy-grade base oils prices hold firm versus feedstock/gasoil prices. Asia’s Group II light-grade prices slip vs feedstock/gasoil prices...

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