Global Lubricant Basestocks: Market Analysis and Opportunities
Regional Coverage: Africa and Middle East, Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America, South America
Base Year: 2022
Published: July 2023
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Base Year: 2023
Forecast: 2043
To be Published: Q2 2024
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The global basestock market is undergoing various changes in the wake of transition toward sustainability, rapid capacity expansion, declining demand, and swift quality upgrades. This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market covering the current and future supply and demand dynamics, pricing, and manufacturing costs, helping identify opportunities and challenges in the market.
Scope
- Lubricant basestock demand and supply analysis at a global level and by key market
- Supply and demand estimates for API Group I, II/II+, III/III+, and naphthenic basestocks, as well as demand estimates for Group IV and Group V basestocks
- Manufacturing cost analysis of typical Group I, II, and III basestock manufacturing plants
- Analysis of current pricing levels and price forecast for key grades of Group I, II, and III basestocks across key regions: United States Gulf Coast (USGC), Northwest Europe (NWE), and Northeast Asia (NEA)
Table of Contents
MODULE 1: SUPPLY-DEMAND ANALYSIS
Introduction
Overall Market Summary
North America Basestock Market
- Market overview
- Finished lubricants market (current demand by product type and viscosity grade, demand growth, and viscosity grade shift)
- Formulation trends
- Current and projected basestock demand by API group and viscosity grade
- Basestock supply (key plants, capacity, production, and viscosity grades produced by API group)
- Projected capacity addition and plant closures
- Current and projected basestock supply
- Current and projected basestock supply–demand balance
- Basestock trade
Profiles for each region will cover similar information
South America Basestock Market
Europe Basestock Market
Asia-Pacific Basestock Market
Africa and the Middle East Basestock Market
MODULE 2: PRICING ANALYSIS
Basestock Pricing Analysis and Forecast
- Key grades of Group I, II, II+, and III for NEA, NWE, and USGC
- Key grades of naphthenic basestocks for USGC
MODULE 3: MANUFACTURING COST ANALYSIS
Manufacturing Cost Analysis of Select Basestocks Plants
- Europe Group I plant
- North America Group II plant
- Asia Group III plant
MODULE 4: MARKET PROFILES
Each market profile (listed in table 1) contains the following:
- Finished lubricants demand and trends
- Basestocks supply and demand by API Groups and viscosity grades (current and forecast)
- Basestock trade
| TABLE 1. MARKETS COVERED | ||
| Brazil | Japan | South Korea |
| China | Thailand | Indonesia |
| Taiwan | United States | India |
Subscriber Benefits
Subscribers to the study will receive an in-depth understanding of the current status of the basestocks industry in terms of basestock supply, basestock application space and demand, lubricant formulation trends, basestock pricing mechanism, inter-region trade, inter-material competition, and manufacturing costs.
- Subscribers will receive supply–demand models for each trade region, which are an invaluable tool for conducting “what-if” analyses based on different assumptions on formulations, viscosity grades and shifts, and overall lubricants demand growth.
- The study is a useful tool for sales, marketing, finance, technology, and strategy personnel to quickly learn the fundamentals of the basestock business, understand lubricant basestock requirements of the leading end-use markets, and make business decisions.
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