US base oils exports fell to a four-month low in June as a slump in shipments from key sources countered a pick-up in flows from other suppliers.Total exports 1.70mn bl (239,000t) in June fell from a record-high of close to 2.70mn bl the previous month, government data showed.Total shipments of 12.48mn bl in first-half 2023 rose by 11pc from 11.29mn bl during the same time a year earlier to a record high.Exports fell in June amid a slump in combined shipments to close to 200,000bl from the districts of San Francisco and Mobile, Alabama.The volume fell from more than 750,000bl the previous month to the lowest this year.An ongoing surge in shipments from the districts of Houston-Galveston and Port Arthur cushioned the slowdown.Exports of more than 750,000bl in June from the two districts combined rose from close to 633,000bl in May to a fifteen-month high. .US’ May base oils output rises
US base oils exports fell to a four-month low in June as a slump in shipments from key sources countered a pick-up in flows from other suppliers.Total exports 1.70mn bl (239,000t) in June fell from a record-high of close to 2.70mn bl the previous month, government data showed.Total shipments of 12.48mn bl in first-half 2023 rose by 11pc from 11.29mn bl during the same time a year earlier to a record high.Exports fell in June amid a slump in combined shipments to close to 200,000bl from the districts of San Francisco and Mobile, Alabama.The volume fell from more than 750,000bl the previous month to the lowest this year.An ongoing surge in shipments from the districts of Houston-Galveston and Port Arthur cushioned the slowdown.Exports of more than 750,000bl in June from the two districts combined rose from close to 633,000bl in May to a fifteen-month high. .US’ May base oils output rises