Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)

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Saudi Arabia Jodi Data ('000 B/D): Crude Stocks Fall To New 9-Year Low Even Before Latest Outage

...CHANGES EXPRESSED IN PERCENTAGE POINT TERMS WHERE ORIGINAL FIGURES ARE PERCENTAGES. *EXCLUDES FIELD LPG (650-700,000 B/D). **NAPHTHA REFINERY OUTPUT INCLUDED IN ‘OTHER PRODUCTS TO DEC 2017 (479,000 B/D FOR 2017). ^PRESUMES ALL FUEL OIL CONSUMPTION IS BURNT IN POWER PLANTS. SEE AN...

Saudi Arabia 2Q19 Oil Data: Output Down, Exports Down, Burning Up

...CHANGES EXPRESSED IN PERCENTAGE POINT TERMS WHERE ORIGINAL FIGURES ARE PERCENTAGES. *EXCLUDES FIELD LPG (650-700,000 B/D). **NAPHTHA REFINERY OUTPUT INCLUDED IN 'OTHER PRODUCTS TO DEC 2017 (479,000 B/D FOR 2017). ^PRESUMES ALL FUEL OIL CONSUMPTION IS BURNT IN POWER PLANTS. SOURCE: JO...

Spain: Record Crude Imports, Record Opec, Record Libya

...0 B/D) *LIBYA, SAUDI, NIGERIA & MEXICO WERE THE TOP FOUR COUNTRIES FOR 2017, 2018 AND 1H 2019. RUSSIA AND IRAN ARE THE ONLY TWO OTHER COUNTRIES TO HAVE BEEN TOP ON A QUARTERLY BASIS SINCE 2011. SOURCE: CORES, MEES.   SPAIN CRUDE IMPORTS (‘000 B/D): SIX-YEAR HIGH SAUDI VOLUMES & RECORD LIBYA FILL VO...

Saudi Arabia 1Q19 Key Oil Data (‘000 B/D): Exports At Lowest Since 2017

...CHANGES EXPRESSED IN PERCENTAGE POINT TERMS WHERE ORIGINAL FIGURES ARE PERCENTAGES. *EXCLUDES FIELD LPG (650-700,000 B/D). **NAPHTHA REFINERY OUTPUT INCLUDED IN ‘OTHER PRODUCTS TO DEC 2017 (479,000 B/D FOR 2017). ^PRESUMES ALL FUEL OIL CONSUMPTION IS BURNT IN POWER PLANTS. SOURCE: JO...

Spain 2018 Gas Imports: Record 19.5bcm From Algeria But Volumes Slide In Q4

...rope (GME) pipeline handled 9.3bcm, up 21% on 2017, whilst the 8bcm/y-capacity Medgaz pipeline handled 7.1bcm, up 6% year-on-year. But Algerian LNG volumes fell to a multi-decade low of 1.5bcm, just 8% of Algerian supplies. Overall, LNG volumes comprised 43% of Spain’s 2018 gas imports.   *Wh...

Turkey 2018 Crude Imports (‘000 B/D): Iran Volumes Fall Almost 40% From Record 2017

Italy 2018 Crude Oil Imports ('000 B/D): North African Producers Gain With Iran, Kuwait The Big Losers

...*CHANGES EXPRESSED ON A PERCENTAGE POINT BASIS. SOURCE: ITALY CUSTOMS DATA, MEES CALCULATIONS   ITALY CRUDE IMPORTS (‘000 B/D): MIDEAST SHARE DOWN FROM 2017’S RECORD AS LIBYAN VOLUMES REBOUND...   ...BUT, AT 127,000 B/D FOR 2018, IMPORTS FROM LIBYA ARE A QUARTER OF DE...

Majors Plan Cautious Hike To 2019 Capex

...azil. *Whilst the majors continue to tout capital discipline, spending has edged up – only BP saw a fall for 2018. And even for BP spending rose towards the end of the year: it was $4.4bn for Q4, well above the 2017 figure on an annualized basis. *Shell is targeting $25-$30bn capex for 2019, leaving ro...

Global LNG Trade Soars To Record 2018

...EAST ASIA’S ‘BIG 3’ LNG IMPORTERS* COLLECTIVELY TOOK A RECORD 181MN TONS IN 2018, UP OVER 13% ON 2017. CHINA SAW IMPORTS RISE A WHOPPING 41%... SOURCE: NATIONAL IMPORT STATISTICS, MEES CALCULATIONS. SEE BELOW FOR FULL CHINA DATA.   ...TO CEMENT ITS GLOBAL #2 POSITION BEHIND JA...

Brazil: 2018 Output Flatters To Deceive

...*At the start of 2018 Brazil was tipped to provide a key boost to global oil supplies as deepwater ‘pre-salt’ output continued to ramp up on the back of 2017’s record 2.62mn b/d. *Things haven’t exactly gone to plan. Not only has output not risen, at 2.57mn b/d for January-November it is ac...

2018 Mena Remittance Inflows: Top 10 Countries

...EGYPT IS WAY OUT IN FRONT IN ABSOLUTE TERMS ($BN) AS A % OF GDP REMITTANCES ARE MOST IMPORTANT FOR YEMEN, PALESTINE & lebanon EGYPT AND PALESTINE HAVE SEEN THE BIGGEST % GROWTH THIS YEAR (2018 VS 2017) *IDENTICAL FIGURES GIVEN FOR EACH OF THE PAST FIVE YEARS FOR YE...

OPEC’S Ever-Receding Global Oil Market Dominance

....6mn b/d including NGLs) in 2017 to 44.8% by 2040. Seemingly good news for Opec. But then the IEA’s 2014 WEO predicted Opec’s market share rising to 49.2% by 2040. The number has been cut every year since. • These cuts come despite additions to Opec membership which helped boost the organization’s ba...

Saudi Arabia August 2018 Oil Data ('000 B/D): Saudi Arabia Draws On Stocks To Maximize Crude Exports And Refinery Runs In August

...CHANGES EXPRESSED IN PERCENTAGE POINT TERMS WHERE ORIGINAL FIGURES ARE PERCENTAGES. *EXCLUDES FIELD LPG (650-700,000 B/D). **NAPHTHA REFINERY OUTPUT PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN 'OTHER PRODUCTS (479,000 B/D FOR 2017). ^PRESUMES ALL FUEL OIL CONSUMPTION IS BURNT IN POWER PLANTS. SOURCE: JO...

Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B): Gulf Producers Raise November Asia Prices For Key Grades To Near 4-Year High

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Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)

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Saudi Arabia July 2018 Oil Data (‘000 B/D): Products Exports Hit Record 2.084mn B/D, Crude Stocks Fall To Lowest Since 2009

...CHANGES EXPRESSED IN PERCENTAGE POINT TERMS WHERE ORIGINAL FIGURES ARE PERCENTAGES. *EXCLUDES FIELD LPG (650-700,000 B/D). **NAPHTHA REFINERY OUTPUT PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN ‘OTHER PRODUCTS (479,000 B/D FOR 2017). ^PRESUMES ALL FUEL OIL CONSUMPTION IS BURNT IN POWER PLANTS. SOURCE: JO...

Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)

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Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)

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South Korea’s Key LNG Suppliers

...THE US IS GAINING MARKET SHARE, OVERTAKING OMAN FOR #3 SPOT FOR JAN-JULY 2018 (MN TONS)...   ...THANKS TO PRICES  ($/MN BTU) THAT  IN RECENT MONTHS HAVE UNDERCUT THE COMPETITION BY $2/MN BTU *NO REGULAR VOLUMES BEFORE 2017. SOURCE: KOREA CUSTOMS, MEES.    ...