1. Korea Crude Imports: UAE Volumes Surge For Q1

    ...*South Korea, the world’s number four crude importer, took 2.87mn b/d for Q1, up 3% on Q4 2023 but down fractionally year-on-year and well below the record 3mn b/d-plus quarterly levels hit on several occasions over 2017-19 (see chart & table). As such, notwithstanding the Covid-related de...

    Volume: 67
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 19 Apr 2024
  2. Opec Members Unrestrained In Condensate Growth

    ...oduces more condensate, around 750,000 b/d, than it does crude oil. Taking that into account, its agreed 30,000 b/d cut was actually just 2.1% of total wellhead oil output. Qatar’s condensate output is already the most in Opec, but its massive LNG expansion plans announced in 2017 and the eventual co...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 20 Apr 2018
  3. The USA’s Growing Role In Global LNG Trade - MEES Crunches The Numbers

    ...THE USA EXPORTED A RECORD 4.7MN T (2.64BN CFD) OF LNG IN 4Q 2017, WITH 70% HEADED FOR ASIA*, ALSO A RECORD   ASIAN LNG IMPORTS FROM THE US HIT A RECORD 1.31MN TONS FOR JANUARY 18. A RECORD KOREAN^ FIGURE OF 532,000T FOR MARCH SUGGESTS THIS WILL BE BROKEN IN THE MONTHS TO CO...

    Volume: 61
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 20 Apr 2018
  4. Opec’s Balancing Act Becoming Increasingly Precarious

    ...COURSE FOR Q4 2017... (CUMULATIVE 2017 STOCK DRAWDOWN MN BARRELS)   ...BUT OPEC’S LATEST NUMBERS SHOW THE FINISH LINE GETTING FURTHER AWAY *BASED ON OPEC SEC-GEN STATEMENT THAT REBALANCING REQUIRES 270MN BARREL STOCKDRAW. SOURCE: OPEC, IEA, MEES.   IEA SUPPLY & DE...

    Volume: 60
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 21 Apr 2017
  5. Crude Price Gains Further Reduce Incentive For Output Freeze

    ...at low prices are taking a toll on US shale output, moving the market back towards balance. The US government’s Energy Information Administration now estimates that the country’s output will fall by 830,000 b/d this year and a further 560,000 b/d in 2017 (see p24). The risk is that recent price ri...

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

    ...aph 1). BUT OIL IMPORTS TO REMAIN However, the situation is markedly different for different fuels. While the US will become a net exporter of gas from 2017 (with the ramp up of LNG exports and pipeline exports to Mexico), for oil, net imports will bottom out around 2020 at 5.5mn b/d according to the EI...

    Volume: 58
    Issue: 16
    Published at Fri, 17 Apr 2015