Poland’s lube demand fell to a four-year-low in 2024 amid a sharp dip in consumption of passenger car motor oils (PCMO).The slowdown outweighed firmer consumption of heavy-duty engine oils (HDEO) and relatively steady industrial oils demand.Total lube consumption of 231,800 tonnes in 2024 fell by 2% from 237,400 tonnes the previous year, according to the Polish Organisation of Petroleum Industry and Trade (POPIHN).Demand fell mostly because of a 9% dip in PCMO consumption.The fall in PCMO demand also highlighted the sustained shift towards increasingly low-viscosity engine oils, which require more premium-grade base oils to produce.The dynamic increased the need for growing requirements of Group II and Group III base oils and cut demand for Group I supplies.At the same time, the fall in total engine oils consumption curbed the size of the boost in requirements for premium-grade supplies.Demand for 15W and 20W motor oils fell by more than 40% in 2024 from the previous year, and by 19% for 10W engine oils.The contraction far exceeded the 6% drop in consumption of lower-viscosity 0W and 5W engine oils, whose market share continued to rise..Consumption of HDEO showed a similar dynamic.Total consumption rose by 4.5% in 2024 from a year earlier, with sales of 0W and 5W engine oils rising by 14%. Sales of 15W and 20W engine oils by contrast rose by less than 1%.Poland’s industrial oils demand fell by 2% in 2024, mostly because of a dip in consumption of hydraulic oils.POPIHN expected recent moves in Europe to boost defense and infrastructure spending to support firmer industrial oils demand in the medium term..Italy's February lube demand falls.Europe’s January Group III supply rises.Netherlands' Jan base oils output holds firm
