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 spare capacity is filling gaps left by tighter US, European and Middle East supply, but recovering demand and fourth-quarter maintenance will test its limits.</li></ul><ul><li>Traditional suppliers are losing export availability, giving Asian producers more room to meet requirements in the US, Europe and other overseas markets.</li><li>The response spans the region, with South Korea, Taiwan, India, Singapore and China all sending cargoes beyond Asia.</li></ul>

Asia's spare capacity is filling gaps left by tighter US, European and Middle East supply, but recovering demand and fourth-quarter maintenance will test its limits.Traditional suppliers are losing export availability, giving Asian producers more room to meet requirements in the US, Europe and other overseas markets.The response spans the region, with South Korea, Taiwan, India, Singapore and China all sending cargoes beyond Asia.

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 25 Sep '26

Product Marketing Manager, Criat

Raghav Chandra Mathur

Product Marketing Manager

Next-Generation Credit Analytics Provider

Criat

Criat specializes in new-generation data-driven credit analytics. Leveraging our industry-leading DeepCredit analytical technologies, we produce daily-updated forward-looking credit assessment and valuation to help financial institutions stay ahead of risks. Coupled with use-case-driven applications, we extract insights, answer questions and enable smarter credit decisions.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Oil spot prices have gained at a relatively stable pace since the start of 2024, with crude prices rising close to 19% year to date.</li>
<li>Robust demand due to recovery in economic activity across major markets has been a steady tailwind to oil prices despite the prevalent geo-political catalysts that have spurred across global markets.</li>
<li>Globally listed oil and gas producers and service providers have therefore seen a marginal improvement in their aggregate credit risk profiles, with their Criat Credit Cycle Index (CCCI) dropping by close to 2bps over the same period.</li>
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Oil spot prices have gained at a relatively stable pace since the start of 2024, with crude prices rising close to 19% year to date.
Robust demand due to recovery in economic activity across major markets has been a steady tailwind to oil prices despite the prevalent geo-political catalysts that have spurred across global markets.
Globally listed oil and gas producers and service providers have therefore seen a marginal improvement in their aggregate credit risk profiles, with their Criat Credit Cycle Index (CCCI) dropping by close to 2bps over the same period.


Global O&G Firms' Credit Quality Improves on Tighter Oil Markets

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>There is no shortage of opinions on whether FIRB will back/oppose the Santos Offer, as Australia seeks to balance attracting foreign investment with the need to protect national interests.</li>
<li>The key question is how Australia benefits from Santos becoming a foreign-owned national oil/gas company? Can ADNOC accelerated/bolster existing projects/operations? Can ADNOC better negotiate native title rights for domestic supply? </li>
<li>And should Australia readily sell 100% in a critical infrastructure complex; yet if the roles were reversed, foreigners are capped at 49% ownership in UAE's similar critical assets? </li>
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There is no shortage of opinions on whether FIRB will back/oppose the Santos Offer, as Australia seeks to balance attracting foreign investment with the need to protect national interests.
The key question is how Australia benefits from Santos becoming a foreign-owned national oil/gas company? Can ADNOC accelerated/bolster existing projects/operations? Can ADNOC better negotiate native title rights for domestic supply? 
And should Australia readily sell 100% in a critical infrastructure complex; yet if the roles were reversed, foreigners are capped at 49% ownership in UAE's similar critical assets? 


Santos (STO AU): Why FIRB Should Block ADNOC's Takeover

Independent Investment Research, The IDEA!

The IDEA!

Independent Investment Research

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>In this edition: • ASM Int’l / KPN | Mr. Chris Figee to succeed Mr. Paul Verhangen as CFO • ING | acquired a 40% stake in Singular Bank • Shell | faces allegations of misleading UK Courts regarding Niger Delta pollution litigation • E-com & Logistics | Canada Post and China’s Chunghwa Post suspend parcel deliveries to EU • Corporate agenda | week 28 - 32</li></ul>

In this edition: • ASM Int’l / KPN | Mr. Chris Figee to succeed Mr. Paul Verhangen as CFO • ING | acquired a 40% stake in Singular Bank • Shell | faces allegations of misleading UK Courts regarding Niger Delta pollution litigation • E-com & Logistics | Canada Post and China’s Chunghwa Post suspend parcel deliveries to EU • Corporate agenda | week 28 - 32

<ul><li>Asian base oils exports have reduced the summer surplus in the region, with recovering demand and upcoming maintenance complicating any extension of those shipments to Europe and the Americas</li></ul><ul><li>Asia's summer surplus is smaller than usual as open arbitrage kept more barrels moving to the Americas and Europe.</li><li>Cargoes that loaded in July and August are now reaching those destinations, partially offsetting tighter US and Middle East supply.</li></ul>

Asian base oils exports have reduced the summer surplus in the region, with recovering demand and upcoming maintenance complicating any extension of those shipments to Europe and the AmericasAsia's summer surplus is smaller than usual as open arbitrage kept more barrels moving to the Americas and Europe.Cargoes that loaded in July and August are now reaching those destinations, partially offsetting tighter US and Middle East supply.

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 18 Sep '26

United Kingdom

Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company that explores, produces, refines, and markets oil, natural gas, and petroleum products. It also operates in solar and electric power, biofuels, and petrochemicals, with a focus on integrated gas and new energy solutions. The company was formed in 1907 through the merger of Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and The "Shell" Transport and Trading Company and is headquartered in London, England.

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Shell (SHEL LN)

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 25 Sep '26

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Base Oil News

Global O&G Firms' Credit Quality Improves on Tighter Oil Markets

Oil spot prices have gained at a relatively stable pace since the start of 2024, with crude prices rising close to 19% year to date. Robust demand...

Criat

Santos (STO AU): Why FIRB Should Block ADNOC's Takeover

Santos Ltd (STO AU) dives ~11% after Abu Dhabi walks away, two days before a formal deadline. "Sensationally ended", as The Australian words it? I...

David Blennerhassett

Shell PLC - What's News in Amsterdam

In this edition: • ASM Int’l / KPN | Mr. Chris Figee to succeed Mr. Paul Verhangen as CFO • ING | acquired a 40% stake in Singular Bank • Shell |...

The IDEA!

Base Oils and Lubricants: Weekly Global Market Review - 18 Sep '26

Asian base oils exports have reduced the summer surplus in the region, with recovering demand and upcoming maintenance complicating any extension...

Base Oil News

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