DYM Resources delivered more than twice as much petrolatum than in the year before by trucks/tank containers – in 2021 the amount of purchased petrolatum was 1700 tons, while in 2020 the amount stood at 800 tons. Petrolatum sales rose because of recovery in demand and production in 2021. Volumes from many suppliers of petrolatum […]
Base oils exports by railroad from Russia dropped 12% compared to the previous month to 109’000 tons of base oils. It is the lowest January volume in three years. January decline in exports came after record-high exports in December, when they reached 123’000 tons. The main reason for export decrease were congestions in Russian and Baltic […]
DYM Resources’ CEO Denis Varaksin has recently commented on Rosneft shipping base oils by sea in the new Lubes’n’Greases’ Lube report issue. Russian oil major Rosneft started shipping its base oils to Europe with its own vessels on FOB terms. Before that the company was doing base oil exports mostly with railway. The first batch […]
After an 11-percent drop in November, Russian base oil exports grew by 21% in December. This volatile year with a shortage of supplies ended on a positive note for export: Russia loaded 123’000 tons of base oils overseas, the highest volume in twelve months. Base oil exports from Black Sea keep growing – from 21’000 […]
Petcoke market, wrap-up on Russia and CIS – 2021 Factors and drivers of interdependent markets 2021 was a record-breaking year in every respect. After the pandemic of 2020, all markets found themselves in a commodity supercycle situation, largely due to pent-up demand as well as broken supply chains. ENERGY prices rose almost throughout the whole […]
Base oil exports in Russia dropped for the first time since August. In November 2021 Russia exported 102’000 tons of base oils which is 11% less than in the previous month. It is still the highest November base oil export volume since at least November 2015. This year seasonal river exports break started one month earlier than usual which might have affected this drop. […]
Taneco refinery owned by Tatneft is planning to start production of VHVI-6 base oil in spring 2022. This will eventually lead to reduce of production of VHVI-4 and export, according to market sources. Taneco’s base oil plant produces 90,000 metric tons per year of Group II and 100,000 tons per year of Group III base […]
30.12
2021
Happy New Year from DYM Resources
Time to say goodbye to 2021 – what a year has it been! With all the changes, challenges and uncertainties that 2021 brought to us, DYM Resources still managed to grow, develop its business and stay a trusted partner for old and new clients. We would like to thank all our partners, customers, and suppliers […]
This year’s bitumen season has been marked by a few changes in the Russian market, the first of which is an almost 74% increase in the average annual price of road bitumen. Chart 1. Cost of road bitumen, rubles/tonn. Source: The Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation The next trend is high bitumen […]
13.12
2021
DYM Resources starts loading PAO from Russia
DYM Resources started shipping Polyalphaolefins (PAO) fluids from a Russian producer Taif in December 2021. The product can be supplied in IBCs, flexi-containers, and iso-tanks. PAO is a synthetic oil used for a huge range of applications. Its main advantages are very low pour point, very high viscosity index (VHVI), and low volatility. Properties […]
