US base oils output stayed lower than usual in July even as it rose from the previous month.Base oils and lube output of 4.77mn bl (672,000t) in July rose from 4.19mn bl the previous month, according to the EIA.Output fell for the fifteenth time in sixteen months from year-earlier levels.The slowdown cut total output to 31.48mn bl in the first seven months of the year, down 10pc from 35.10mn bl during the same period last year.Output fell because of a wave of plant maintenance work since the start of the year.Output rose in July on the back of a recovery in paraffinic base oils production to more than 1.54mn bl in the Louisiana region of the US Gulf Coast.The volume was up from close to 1.0mn bl the previous month.Output stayed lower than usual in other regions like the US East Coast and US West Coast..US’ July base oils imports rise
US base oils output stayed lower than usual in July even as it rose from the previous month.Base oils and lube output of 4.77mn bl (672,000t) in July rose from 4.19mn bl the previous month, according to the EIA.Output fell for the fifteenth time in sixteen months from year-earlier levels.The slowdown cut total output to 31.48mn bl in the first seven months of the year, down 10pc from 35.10mn bl during the same period last year.Output fell because of a wave of plant maintenance work since the start of the year.Output rose in July on the back of a recovery in paraffinic base oils production to more than 1.54mn bl in the Louisiana region of the US Gulf Coast.The volume was up from close to 1.0mn bl the previous month.Output stayed lower than usual in other regions like the US East Coast and US West Coast..US’ July base oils imports rise