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Global LNG: Asian Demand In The Balance As Prices Fall To Record Low
...12-14 in the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. The default presumption of most forecasters has been that this trend will continue (MEES, 10 January). That said, the prospect of depressed LNG prices for years to come – and the prospect that sellers such as Qatar may be prepared to agree to...
Volume: 63Issue: 07Published at Fri, 14 Feb 2020 -
Thailand Crude Imports Slump, Mideast Share Down
...*Thailand’s crude imports slumped to 938,000 b/d in 2019, down 16% (183,000 b/d) from 2018’s record 1.12mn b/d and the lowest since 2011 (see table & chart). *The country’s oil output and demand are steady at around 500,000 b/d (half crude, half NGLs) and 1.5mn b/d respectively. The sl...
Volume: 63Issue: 05Published at Fri, 31 Jan 2020 -
Korea LNG Imports: Australia Threatens Qatar For Top Spot
...6mn t as a result. In Q4 2019 Australia with 2.12mn tons only just failed to pip Qatar (2.22mn tons) for top spot. Australia supplied a record 1.26mn tons (17 cargoes) in December, two more than Qatar. The last time a country other than Qatar was top on a quarterly basis was Indonesia back in 2011; on an...
Volume: 63Issue: 03Published at Fri, 17 Jan 2020 -
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: 63Issue: 02Published at Fri, 10 Jan 2020 -
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: 63Issue: 02Published at Fri, 10 Jan 2020 -
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: 63Issue: 02Published at Fri, 10 Jan 2020 -
Opec Output On Track For Eight-Year Low
...Opec output fell 140,000 b/d to 29.59mn b/d last month despite perennial quota-busters Iraq and Nigeria continuing to flout their commitments. For 2019 Opec output is on track to fall below 30mn b/d for the first time since 2011. After having promised Saudi Energy Minister Prince Ab...
Volume: 62Issue: 49Published at Fri, 06 Dec 2019 -
Japan: UAE Overtakes Saudi As Number One Supplier
...*For well over a decade Saudi Arabia had been the unrivalled number one crude and condensate supplier to Japan. Saudi market share climbed above 30% in 2011 and rose steadily to hit 40% in 2017, dipping only modestly to 38.1% for 2018. The UAE (almost all Abu Dhabi) was a distant number two fo...
Volume: 62Issue: 40Published at Fri, 04 Oct 2019 -
Opec Output Slumps As Ecuador Quits
...oduction in late 2018 (MEES, 7 December 2018). Libyan output too has risen by 170,000 b/d, but the country is one of two members exempt from production restrictions as it seeks to return a semblance of stability to the country following the 2011 revolution and subsequent civil war. Output jumped 70...
Volume: 62Issue: 40Published at Fri, 04 Oct 2019 -
Taiwan Crude Imports Hit 8-Year High, Opec Share At Record Low
...*Taiwan imported 892,500 b/d of crude in 2018, the highest figure since 2010. Imports peaked at 1.046mn b/d in 2006. *Gulf suppliers have not been the beneficiaries of this rise in volumes; the Mideast share of the Taiwan market fell to 77.6%, the lowest level since 2011 (see chart). Vo...
Volume: 62Issue: 08Published at Fri, 22 Feb 2019 -
Australia Challenges Qatar For Taiwan LNG Top Spot: Just The Prelude?
...ll ahead for 2018 as a whole, a seemingly-comfortable 2.1mn tons ahead of number two Malaysia with Australia a further 230,000mn tons behind in third place (see data, p22). That said Qatar’s 4.89mn tons for 2018 was down almost 8% on 2017 and the lowest annual figure since 2011. Qatar’s 29% market sh...
Volume: 62Issue: 08Published at Fri, 22 Feb 2019 -
Saudi Asian Supplies Surged To Record High In November Amid Bumper Exports
...d well down on the 20.3% from ten years’ previous. Market share was 15.3% in November, however, holding out hope for Riyadh that 2019 could witness the first market share gain in China since 2011. One cloud on the horizon is the growing concern over a possible Chinese economic slowdown this ye...
Volume: 62Issue: 01Published at Fri, 04 Jan 2019 -
Iran Exports Slump To 5-Year Low
...PACITY). **BONDED STORAGE IN DALIAN, CHINA. ^^FRANCE, AUSTRIA INCLUDED IN 'OTHER EU' FOR 2011, 2012. SOURCE: NATIONAL IMPORT STATISTICS, REUTERS, BLOOMBERG, MEES....
Volume: 62Issue: 01Published at Fri, 04 Jan 2019 -
Total Reaps Mena Rewards Despite Iran Setback
...estion is whether Total would consider taking another gamble on Iran should the politics change in the medium-term. Iran is just the latest Middle East gas setback that Total has suffered in recent years. Having recorded net 218mn cfd from Syria in 2011 through its 50% stake in the Deir Az Zour Pe...
Volume: 61Issue: 47Published at Fri, 23 Nov 2018 -
Suez Canal Trade Hits Records But Trade War Threatens
...%) and 543,000 b/d gasoline (up 36%) head north through the canal (see charts 1 & 2). This puts both on track to smash annual records – for diesel last year’s 445,000 b/d was a record; for gasoline the record of 499,000 b/d dates back to 2011. Combined northbound products volumes, which only fi...
Volume: 61Issue: 43Published at Fri, 26 Oct 2018 -
Libya Looks To BP/Eni Deal To Unlock Upstream Investment
...oduction workers have almost all been Libyans. Violence surrounding Libya’s February 2011 uprising, which led to Qadhafi’s overthrow in October that year, prompted all IOCs to quit the country. Output rapidly rebounded in 2012, briefly hitting pre-war levels of 1.5mn b/d in early 2013. But a much to...
Volume: 61Issue: 41Published at Fri, 12 Oct 2018 -
LNG Prices At Four-Year High Amid Soaring Demand
...port record of 88.45mn tons set in 2014 will ever be surpassed. Japan’s record years for LNG imports came in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. The continued, albeit extremely gradual, restart of the country’s nuclear fleet combined with overall stagnant-to-falling Japanese energy de...
Volume: 61Issue: 39Published at Fri, 28 Sep 2018 -
Turkey Mixes Business & Politics As Qatar LNG Surges
...G customer for 2017. TURKISH GAS IMPORTS (BCM) 1H18 v 1H17 % 1H17 2009 2010 2011 2012 20...
Volume: 61Issue: 35Published at Fri, 31 Aug 2018 -
LNG Start-Ups To Peak, Then Slump
...nce. The IEA estimates that investment in liquefaction will be just $16bn this year, the lowest level since 2010. • And much of this represents the tail end of start-up investment in mega-projects approved in the 2011-14 boom years. Two key Australian projects, 8.9mn t/y Ichthys operated by Ja...
Volume: 61Issue: 30Published at Fri, 27 Jul 2018 -
The USA’s Growing Role In Global LNG Trade - MEES Crunches The Numbers
...BRUARY (1.44MN T, 21 TANKERS) AND MARCH (1.00MN T) THE TWO BIGGEST MONTHS ON RECORD... ...BUT, NORTHBOUND (AND OVERALL) LNG VOLUMES ARE WELL DOWN FROM 2011’S RECORD HIGHS AS SALES OF QATARI LNG TO ATLANTIC BASIN BUYERS HAVE SLUMPED (MN T) SOURCE: SUEZ CANAL AUTHORITY, MEES. TH...
Volume: 61Issue: 16Published at Fri, 20 Apr 2018