Drums
Suitable for smaller lots or routes where palletised handling is required. Drum type, net weight, pallet configuration and container loading must be confirmed.
Base oils & petroleum materials
Base-oil enquiries need grade, loading format and route to be clear.
FORET develops B2B supply opportunities for base stocks and selected petroleum-derived materials. Each enquiry is assessed by specification, origin, quantity, loading format, destination, documentation and transaction structure.
Products we review
Grades and materials defined by an actual specification.
Enquiries may include the following categories where a clear specification, supplier capability and workable trade route can be established:
- Group I base oils, including commonly requested SN 150 and SN 500 grades
- Bright Stock
- Group II base oils
- Group III base oils, including commonly referenced 4 cSt, 6 cSt and 8 cSt grades
- Selected process oils and technical oils
- Paraffin wax and petroleum jelly
- Selected petroleum-derived materials with a defined specification and end use
Product names and common grade references are starting points only. The proposed product must be checked against the required parameter set.
A useful base-oil brief
Specify the grade, key parameters and intended use.
- Product or grade
- Intended use or formulation context
- Target viscosity and viscosity index
- Flash point, pour point, colour and sulphur limits where relevant
- Required standard or supplier specification
- Preferred origin or acceptable origins
- Spot quantity or expected monthly volume
- Required loading format
- Delivery destination and preferred Incoterm
- Target shipment window
- Required TDS, SDS, COA, origin and shipment documents
Loading & shipment
The loading format is part of the commercial calculation.
IBCs
Considered where the product, container specification, handling conditions and destination requirements are compatible.
Flexitank
Requires confirmation of product suitability, flexitank specification, container preparation, loading procedure and destination handling capability.
ISO tank or bulk
Assessed for suitable volumes and routes, subject to equipment availability, loading access, cleaning requirements and contractual allocation of responsibilities.
The proposal should make the material and shipment basis visible.
- Proposed grade and supplier specification
- Key quality parameters and test basis
- Manufacturer, supplier and proposed origin
- Quantity and allocation basis
- Loading format and unit configuration
- Loading point and delivery basis
- Indicative shipment window
- Payment basis and proposal validity
- Available technical, quality and origin documents
- Open points requiring confirmation before contract
Product & route control
A workable product is not enough if the route and documents do not work.
Origin, supplier, loading point, destination, end use, counterparties, banking route and logistics format are reviewed as connected parts of the transaction. The availability of a grade in one market does not automatically establish a compliant or commercially workable route to another market.
Quality and batch documents must relate to the product offered. Generic brochures are not substitutes for the agreed specification or shipment documentation.
Send the grade, volume and preferred loading format.
Include the destination, target timing and parameter set. Attach a specification or previous COA if it is relevant to product matching.
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