1. Opec+ In 2025: Navigating A Year Of Turbulence And Growth

    ...AR?        Venezuela and Iran are not the only Opec members dealing with significant risks. Libya has struggled with huge political instability in the decade and a half following its 2011 civil war. With the country divided between two governments in the West and East, tensions between warring factions has of...

    Volume: 69
    Issue: 02
    Published at Fri, 09 Jan 2026
  2. 2021 LNG Imports: Qatar Extends Lead In Korea But Edged Out In Taiwan

    ...erage price for December suggests a greater reliance on term cargoes. For 2021 as a whole average prices were well within the bounds of historical norms, however. Korea paid an average of $11.17/mn BTU, up almost $3.50/mn BTU on 2020 but below the average price each year for 2011-15. Taiwan paid an av...

    Volume: 65
    Issue: 02
    Published at Fri, 14 Jan 2022
  3. Korea, Taiwan 2020 Crude Imports: Volumes Down, Mideast Down Further

    ...nual figure since 2011, with Q3’s 284,000 b/d the lowest quarterly figure since 2010. Number three Iraq saw volumes fall 34% to a six-year low 220,000 b/d, whilst number four the UAE saw a 15% fall to 206,000 b/d.   *As recently as 2017, Iran was Korea’s number three supplier (behind Kuwait). Bu...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 02
    Published at Fri, 15 Jan 2021
  4. Opec Responds To Turbulent Start To 2020

    ...s, Opec exited 2019 with average production of 29.38mn b/d in December. This represented a massive 2.40mn b/d year-on-year decline. Over 2019 as a whole Opec production averaged 29.86mn b/d, down 2.18mn b/d on the 2018 average of 32.03mn b/d and the first time since 2011 that production has av...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 02
    Published at Fri, 10 Jan 2020
  5. Taiwan Makes Slow Progress In Cutting Gulf Crude Dependence

    ...nce 2011 whilst the 72.3% 4Q19 Gulf share was the lowest since 2010 and December’s 68.2% the lowest monthly figure since 2011. A TALE OF TWO REFINERS Taiwan’s 1.14mn b/d of crude distillation capacity is split between two refiners. And the two have markedly differing records in diversifying su...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 02
    Published at Fri, 10 Jan 2020
  6. Global LNG: China Challenges Japan As Top Importer

    ...ough here price will be a key factor.   *As for Japanese LNG demand, the key variable has been the status of the country’s nuclear power fleet. Japan’s LNG imports peaked at 87-88mn t/y in 2012-14 in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster which led to all of the country’s then-op...

    Volume: 63
    Issue: 02
    Published at Fri, 10 Jan 2020
  7. US Oil Output Soars: Did Opec Create A Frankenstein’s Monster?

    ...a share of demand rising from an annual average of 71.5% in 2017 to 77.1% in 2018 and 80.4% in 2019, and this despite demand continuing to rise over the forecast period. The US was reliant on imports to meet well over 50% of demand as recently as 2011. But a sub-plot is that the mismatch of bo...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 02
    Published at Fri, 12 Jan 2018
  8. OPEC Output Recovers In December On Gulf Boosts

    ...nce September 2011 – when the country was still wracked by post-revolutionary turmoil. Protests at a number of Libya’s main oil fields and terminals continued throughout last month, severely disrupting supplies and keeping production at well below the near the 1.5mn b/d Libya was pumping earlier this ye...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 02
    Published at Fri, 10 Jan 2014
  9. Higher Oil Prices Adopted In 2013 Budgets

    ...imulus programs put in place to appease Arab Spring protestors. Higher market prices have also provided encouragement. The OPEC Basket price climbed to a yearly average of $109.45/B last year versus 2011’s $107.46/B. This means OPEC producers will surpass their 2011 record $1 trillion oil revenue ja...

    Volume: 56
    Issue: 02
    Published at Fri, 11 Jan 2013