ARGUS Base Oils Outlook

Stay ahead of the curve with the Argus Base Oils Outlook report — a monthly publication that forecasts key, global base oils prices 12-months into the future.

The forecast is updated and published monthly to ensure a highly accurate short-term forecast, supported by a forward-looking market commentary, outlining key price drivers and market fundamentals.

Markets covered

• US:
  • Group I domestic and export: SN 150, SN 500, bright stock
  • Group II domestic and export: N100, N220, N600
  • Group III domestic: 4cst
• Europe:
  • Group I domestic and export: SN 150, SN 500, bright stock
  • Group II domestic: N150, N600
  • Group III domestic: 4cst
• Asia:
  • Group I export: SN 150, SN 500, bright stock
  • Group II export: N70, N150, N500
  • Group III domestic: 4cst

Base oil producers, traders, lubricant blenders and additive companies use the report:

• To assess and facilitate future buying and selling opportunities up to 12-months out
• To assess and facilitate short-term arbitrage opportunities up to 12-months out
• As a benchmark for internal transfer prices or in forward contracts
• As an input for production optimisation models
• As an input for profit maximisation models
• As a neutral, third-party reference against internal price forecasts
• To better understand the price impact from upcoming changes in market fundamentals

Key features

• Major Group I, II and III base oil price forecasts from the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific
• Full outlook price table
• Regional price forecast analysis and commentary, including an analytical framework and price trend analysis with reference to seasonality patterns and fundamentals
• Intra-grade spreads
• Intra-group spreads
• Gasoil/diesel spreads