Base oils & Lubes

After dropping in January and February this year, base oil exports in Russia increased in March to 113kt up from 98kt in February. This is 13% more than in March 2020 and the biggest figure since at least 2015. Considering the fact that a few plants were on maintenance, it is a significant growth. Compared […]

DYM Resources commented on the lubricant supply crisis in Ukraine in a recent Lubes’n’Greases’s article by Boris Kamchev. Lubes’n’Greases is a renowned media in a lubricants industry that regularly publishes reports on EMEA lubes market. Ukraine Railways is currently facing challenges in getting finished lubricants. Being one of the main players of the European lubricant […]

Total base oil exports in Russia keep dropping – in February, the number reached 97.70 kt which is 16% less than in January and 28% less than in December 2020. February export loading were also 8% lower comparing to February 2020.   The reason for the export drop was increased demand from domestic market, stockpiling ahead of maintenances and lower number of days in February compared to January.   The Russian domestic base […]

Lubes’n’Greases, a well-known magazine about the global lubricants industry, published an article about the alternation of the route for petrochemical exports of Belarus. DYM Resources’s managing director Denis Varaksin has commented on the topic.    Belarus has recently changed its petrochemical exports route starting to use ports of Russia instead of Latvia and Lithuania. The main reloading port for base […]

After a massive increase of total base oil exports in Russia in December when they rose to the highest level in 10 years, in January the number slightly dropped to 116.81kt which is 13.7% less. It is also 4,3% less than in January 2020 – back then the exports were 121.94kt. In January, as well […]

DYM Resources has bought base oil cargo at Uzbek commodity exchange for February 2021 loading. This is company’s first purchase after the registration renewal last year. The products in question are base oils I-12A, I-20A, I-30A, I-40A and I-50A which are similar to SN100, SN150, SN-250, SN-350 and SN-500 accordingly. I-20A, I-40A and I-50A are […]

Trading company DYM Resources GmbH decided to make a strategic move and organize a stock of Group III 4 cSt base oils in Riga to guarantee product availability for its clients in Europe and worldwide. “Availability of Group III base oils is a big problem since August 2020 and Global market will remain short till […]