During this past week, Excel Paralubes, Calumet, Chevron and Petro-Canada announced lube base oil price increases, several producers announcing their second price increase in the past month. Those announcements this past week include the following:

- Excel Paralubes Increased Posted Prices of Its Group II Pure Performance 70N and 80N by 22 CPG, Its 110N by 21 CPG, Its 225N by 20 CPG, and Its 600N by 16 CPG Effective February 2
- Chevron Increased Prices of Its USGC 100R and 220R by 20 CPG and 600R by 15 CPG, Effective January 31, 2018
- Calumet Increased Price of Its CALPAR™ 4GIII (Group III 4 cSt) Base Oil by 22 CPG Effective February 1
- Petro-Canada Lubricants Increased Price of Its Group II Base Oils 70N, 100N and 200N by 22 CPG, and 350N and 600N by 20 CPG, Effective February 2; No Change to Group II+ or III

The previous week, we reported the following price increase announcements:
- Phillips 66 Increased Its Group II+/III Base Oils, Ultra S2 and Ultra S3 by 24 CPG and Ultra S4 and Its Ultra S8 by 22 CPG, Effective January 25
- Petro-Canada Increased its Group III 4 cSt (VHVI 4), 6 cSt (VHVI 6) and 8 cSt (VHVI 8) Base Oils by 22 CPG, Effective January 26
- Motiva Increased Price of Its 4 cSt (Star HVI 4) and 6 cSt (Star HVI 6) Group III Base Oil by 10 CPG

And the week prior, price increases reported included the following:
- HollyFrontier Increased Price of Its Group I Base Oils by 15 CPG on All Grades Except Brightstock, Effective January 26, 2018
- HollyFrontier-owned Petro-Canada Lubricants Increased Price of Its Group II Base Oils 70N, 200N, 350N and 600N by 13 CPG and 100N by 16 CPG and Also Its Group II+ 100N by 22 CPG, All Effective January 16, 2018
- Paulsboro Refining Increased Its Group I Base Oils by 15 CPG Effective January 31

The prior week to the above, we announced price increases as follows:

Group II

- Motiva Increased Prices of Its Star 4 (110 SUS), Star 6 (220 SUS) and Its STAR 12 (600 SUS) by 10 CPG, Effective January 5

- Chevron Increased Prices of Its USGC 100R, 220R and 600R All by 12 CPG, Effective January 10

- Excel Paralubes Increased Posted Prices of (Phillips 66) Pure Performance 70N, 80N and 225N by 13 CPG, 110N by 16 CPG, and 600N by 12 CPG Effective January 12; Increased (FHR) 70-HC, 75-HC and 230-HC by 13 CPG, 100-HC by 16 CPG and 600-HC by 12 CPG

- Calumet Increased All Group II Calpar Grades (80, 100, 150, 325) by 15 CPG, Effective January 19. Calpar 600 (Group I) Also to Increase by 15 CPG. No Increase to Calpar 2500 (PBS)

- ExxonMobil increased the price of its Group I base oils by 15 CPG, except bright stock, which will remain unchanged. It will also increase its Group II and II+ base oils by 22 CPG, all effective January 26.

Naphthenics

- Ergon Increased Prices of All Viscosities of Naphthenic Oils in North American by 20 CPG, Effective January 12

- San Joaquin Refining Increased All Its Naphthenic Base Oil Prices by 20 CPG, Effective January 17

- Calumet Increased All Its Naphthenic Base Oil Prices by 20 CPG, Effective January 17

- Cross Oil Increased All Naphthenic Base Oil Prices by 20 CPG Effective January 18