Global Editor, Base Oil News

Iain Pocock

Global Editor

Global Base Oils and Lubricants Markets

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Commodities

<ul><li>Asia’s Group II base oils prices stay unusually firm vs US export prices so far this year.</li><li>Strength of Asia Group II prices curbs arbitrage flows from Asia to Americas so far this year.</li><li>Strength of Asia prices facilitates flows of base oils shipments from US to markets like UAE and India so far this year.</li></ul>

Asia’s Group II base oils prices stay unusually firm vs US export prices so far this year.Strength of Asia Group II prices curbs arbitrage flows from Asia to Americas so far this year.Strength of Asia prices facilitates flows of base oils shipments from US to markets like UAE and India so far this year.

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 29 September

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils prices slip versus gasoil prices amid recent rise in crude oil prices.</li><li>Heavy-grade base oils margins stay relatively firm even with recent downward pressure.</li><li>Recent squeeze on margins could prompt refiners to resist price-adjustments to reflect any change in supply-demand fundamentals.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils prices slip versus gasoil prices amid recent rise in crude oil prices.Heavy-grade base oils margins stay relatively firm even with recent downward pressure.Recent squeeze on margins could prompt refiners to resist price-adjustments to reflect any change in supply-demand fundamentals.

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 29 September

<ul><li>Asia’s base oils demand could turn more cautious amid improving availability of supply.</li><li>Rising supply gives buyers more flexibility to procure smaller volumes more frequently.</li><li>Rising supply raises concern about exposure to price-volatility, adding to attraction of managing stocks carefully.</li></ul>

Asia’s base oils demand could turn more cautious amid improving availability of supply.Rising supply gives buyers more flexibility to procure smaller volumes more frequently.Rising supply raises concern about exposure to price-volatility, adding to attraction of managing stocks carefully.

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 29 September

Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

A full service Thai brokerage

Krungthai XSpring

Krungthai XSpring is a full service broker. The company provides a wide range of investment services such as Securities Brokerage, Derivative Agent Business, Securities Borrowing and Lending, Securities Trading, Underwriting, Financial Advisory, Wealth Advisory, Private Fund Management and International Markets Securities Trading. 

In terms of credibility, Fitch Ratings has assigned Krunghtai XSpring a long-term rating of AA- and a national short-term rating of F1+ with stable outlook.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>The SET advanced for a second consecutive day, supported by two straight sessions of foreign investor buying.</li><li>The index regained a positive pattern after breaking above the resistance at 1,284 points, signaling a reversal that supports further gains.</li><li>We expect the index to continue climbing toward the 1,300-point target.</li></ul>

The SET advanced for a second consecutive day, supported by two straight sessions of foreign investor buying.The index regained a positive pattern after breaking above the resistance at 1,284 points, signaling a reversal that supports further gains.We expect the index to continue climbing toward the 1,300-point target.

Krungthai XSpring Technical Eng. September 26, 2025

<ul><li>Global base oils margins mostly hold at levels that sustain incentive for refiners to maintain high output.</li><li>Incentive for refiners to maintain high output puts pressure on global demand to remain sufficiently firm to absorb steady-to-higher supply.</li><li>Pressure on demand to hold firm coincides with time of year when demand typically starts to ease.</li></ul>

Global base oils margins mostly hold at levels that sustain incentive for refiners to maintain high output.Incentive for refiners to maintain high output puts pressure on global demand to remain sufficiently firm to absorb steady-to-higher supply.Pressure on demand to hold firm coincides with time of year when demand typically starts to ease.

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 22 September

India

Savita  Oil Technologies Limited manufactures and distributes greases, transformer oils, industrial oils and other petroleum products. The Company also generates wind power.

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Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 29 September

Asia’s Group II base oils prices stay unusually firm vs US export prices so far this year. Strength of Asia Group II prices curbs arbitrage flows...

Base Oil News

Asia base oils supply outlook: Week of 29 September

Asia’s base oils prices slip versus gasoil prices amid recent rise in crude oil prices. Heavy-grade base oils margins stay relatively firm even...

Base Oil News

Asia base oils demand outlook: Week of 29 September

Asia’s base oils demand could turn more cautious amid improving availability of supply. Rising supply gives buyers more flexibility to procure...

Base Oil News

Krungthai XSpring Technical Eng. September 26, 2025

The index regained a positive pattern after breaking above the resistance at 1,284 points, signaling a reversal that supports further gains.

Krungthai XSpring

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 22 September

Global base oils margins mostly hold at levels that sustain incentive for refiners to maintain high output. Incentive for refiners to maintain...

Base Oil News

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