1. China Q1 Crude Imports: Iran Volumes Hiding In Plain Sight?

    ...me 840,000 b/d to discharge in April, potentially topping China’s highest ever ‘official’ Iran import figure of 798,000 b/d set in April 2014. Of the March volumes, Kpler recorded some 264,000 b/d as having arrived “relatively directly from Iran,” albeit after ship-to-ship transfers in the Gulf re...

    Volume: 64
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 23 Apr 2021
  2. Opec Members Unrestrained In Condensate Growth

    ...ude production restrictions highlights the issue. Of course Opec is not the only entity to have employed condensate loopholes, as the US permitted seaborne exports of condensate prior to ending the crude export ban in late 2015 (MEES, 19 September 2014). Iran too benefited from the gray areas su...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 20 Apr 2018
  3. Crude Price Gains Further Reduce Incentive For Output Freeze

    ...rticipated in the November 2014 meeting when the market-share strategy was adopted - Indonesia is therefore excluded as it only rejoined in 2016. Based on average Q1 2016 prices and production, the group’s export earnings slump by 36% on 2015, which itself was down an eye watering 49% on the previous ye...

    Volume: 59
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 22 Apr 2016
  4. US OUTPUT RISE TO CONTINUE TO 2020-EIA

    ....6mn b/d in 2020, up from 8.7mn b/d for 2014 and some 1mn b/d higher than the 9.6 mn b/d (for 2019) prediction in the 2014 AEO. This 1mn b/d hike in the EIA’s forecast in peak US output is a clear reminder that whatever impact lower oil prices may now be having on US output – and the evidence for this is...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 17 Apr 2015
  5. Zanganeh: OPEC Should Cut Output ‘At Least 5%’

    ...wn on 2014 – and early indications suggest this fell in March owing to a complete halt in Indian intakes, following a government directive sent to Indian refiners to reduce imports from the sanctions-hit nation until the end of the Indian fiscal year (MEES, 23 January). South Korea, the only one of...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 17 Apr 2015
  6. IEA, Opec Views Diverge On 2014 ‘Call On OPEC’

    ...OPEC   IEA, Opec Views Diverge On 2014 ‘Call On OPEC’   The views of OPEC and OECD energy watchdog the International Energy Agency (IEA) on the global 2014 demand for OPEC crude have sharply diverged in their latest monthly reports. While each chose to leave their fo...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 18 Apr 2014