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Global Base Oils and Lubricants Markets

Global Editor, Base Oil News

Iain Pocock

Global Editor

Commodities

<ul><li>US base oils export price-discount to US domestic prices stays narrower in Q1 2025 vs year-earlier.</li><li>Narrower export price-discount points to more manageable supply surplus at end-2024 and early this year, when domestic demand faced seasonal slowdown.</li><li>More manageable supply surplus follows firm export volumes through H2 2024 and early this year.</li></ul>

US base oils export price-discount to US domestic prices stays narrower in Q1 2025 vs year-earlier.Narrower export price-discount points to more manageable supply surplus at end-2024 and early this year, when domestic demand faced seasonal slowdown.More manageable supply surplus follows firm export volumes through H2 2024 and early this year.

TotalEnergies Marketing Nigeria (TOTAL NL)

Global base oils arb outlook: Week of 31 March