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US Poised To Compete With Saudi Arabia As World’s Largest Oil Exporter
...0,000 b/d (9%) year-on-year (see table for full data). This was largely driven by major export cuts in Q3, when volumes of 6.65mn b/d were the lowest since Q1 2011. Crude exports bottomed out at 6.55mn b/d in September (the lowest since March 2011) but exited the year at 7.05mn b/d in December. MEES es...
Volume: 61Issue: 08Published at Fri, 23 Feb 2018 -
Saudi Arabia’s Shift Up The Value Chain Offsets 7-Year Crude Export Low
...udi’s share fell from 13.4% to 12.5% (see chart, p20 and p19 for full data). It was as high as 20% in 2011 but is set to fall further this year: both the IEA and Opec expect Chinese demand growth to rise a further 400,000 b/d, whilst Saudi crude exports are more likely to fall than rise. South Korea to...
Volume: 61Issue: 04Published at Fri, 26 Jan 2018 -
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: 61Issue: 02Published at Fri, 12 Jan 2018 -
Saudi Crude Exports At 7-Year Low, Outweighing Products Gains
...aq is boosting southern exports by 200,000 b/d to mitigate (MEES, 3 November). SAUDI CRUDE SHIPMENTS SINK Saudi crude exports of 6.55mn b/d in September were the lowest since March 2011, marking a continuation of a trend which has seen volumes slip for three continuous quarters – the first su...
Volume: 60Issue: 47Published at Fri, 24 Nov 2017 -
Saudi ‘Demonstrates Leadership’ by Keeping Crude Exports Low
...ptember). As a result, Saudi Arabia is on course to export around 6.7mn b/d on average in Q3, its lowest quarterly figure since Q1 2011. Some of the deepest cuts have been felt by the US. US crude imports from Saudi in October fell to 666,000 b/d, the lowest in almost 30 years (MEES, 20 October). They ap...
Volume: 60Issue: 42Published at Fri, 20 Oct 2017 -
US Output Growth: Records Tumble But Is A Slowdown On The Way?
...me high of 14.075mn b/d in May and rose further to 14.173mn b/d in June. Growing output means that domestic production is now equivalent to 70% of US domestic demand, up from 47% in 2011, and this despite US demand rising to a 9 1/2 –year high of 20.30mn b/d in June. Gasoline demand, at 9....
Volume: 60Issue: 28Published at Fri, 14 Jul 2017 -
Gulf Crude Shipments Fall In Q2, But From Record Levels
...rch-May, the lowest three-month-average figure in records going back 12 years. The Saudi share of the Chinese market averaged 20% as recently as 2011 and 2012. Other Opec producers have put in stronger performances. Angola’s 1.100mn b/d January-May average was over 230,000 b/d (27%) up on 2016’s re...
Volume: 60Issue: 26Published at Fri, 30 Jun 2017 -
Saudi Crude Exports Down, Refining Runs Up, More Products Exports
...rkedly each year since 2014 and as a result gasoline and diesel output in particular have soared. The kingdom last year became a net gasoline exporter for the first time since 2011 (see chart 5). Net gasoline exports were just 5,000 b/d in 2016, but are on track to exceed 30,000 b/d this year. Me...
Volume: 60Issue: 25Published at Fri, 23 Jun 2017 -
Opec Output Cuts Extended But Market Relevance Wanes
...ters. Its production of around 280,000 b/d, minus some 10,000 b/d of cuts brings the implied Opec target to 32.05mn b/d. OPEC^ 2017 OIL EXPORT REVENUES SET TO FALL SHORT OF 2015 LEVELS ($BN) 2011 20...
Volume: 60Issue: 21Published at Fri, 26 May 2017 -
OPEC, Will It Have To Cut Deeper For Longer?
...) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* vs’15% vs ‘12...
Volume: 60Issue: 18Published at Fri, 05 May 2017 -
Production Curbs Help Market Inch Towards Balance
...ply some 160,000 b/d stockbuild last month (4.48mn barrels). Saudi crude stocks fell 52.9mn barrels last year, from a record 325.5mn to 272.6mn, the lowest since 2011. 3: BRAZIL CRUDE OUTPUT (MN B/D): JANUARY WAS SECOND ONLY TO DECEMBER AS THE HIGHEST ON RECORD 4: OMAN OIL* OUTPUT (‘00...
Volume: 60Issue: 11Published at Fri, 17 Mar 2017 -
IEA Warns Of Capacity Squeeze Unless Investment ‘Rebounds Sharply’
...8% a year in the five years to 2016 and 5.5% a year in the five-year period ending in 2011. A net 1.8mn b/d of Chinese oil demand is forecast to be added to the end of 2022, underpinned by “supportive economic conditions, big increases in petrochemical activity and a voracious appetite to increase ve...
Volume: 60Issue: 10Published at Fri, 10 Mar 2017 -
Opec Cuts 860,000 B/D Output, More Work Required
...35mn b/d, this would imply Iraq plans to cut to 4.57mn b/d – a figure MEES calculates it is currently producing below. OPEC^ 2016 OIL EXPORT REVENUES FALL $760BN FROM 2012 PEAK ($BN) 2010 2011...
Volume: 60Issue: 06Published at Fri, 10 Feb 2017 -
GCC Drilling Remains Strong Despite Upstream Capex Cuts
...TRENCHMENT 2016 vs'15 vs'14 2000 2005 2010 2011 20...
Volume: 60Issue: 04Published at Fri, 27 Jan 2017 -
Opec Agrees To Cut, But Questions Remain Over Implementation
...) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* vs...
Volume: 59Issue: 48Published at Fri, 02 Dec 2016 -
Iraq Invites Bids for 12 Fields in First Offering Since 2012
...al between Kerbala province and UK-independent San Leon in March 2011, outside of the auspices of the Ministry of Oil, which maintained that provinces cannot unilaterally sign deals with IOCs. The joint participation agreement was for San Leon and local partner Al-Meinaa to develop the fields under a pr...
Volume: 59Issue: 43Published at Fri, 28 Oct 2016 -
Saudi Oil Exports Fall Amid Record Products Demand & Oil Burn
...urth consecutive month of net gasoline exports, a feat not achieved since November 2011. Saudi Arabia is on track to be a net gasoline exporter for the first time since 2011. SAUDI OIL EXPORTS REMAIN AT NEAR RECORD LEVELS (MN B/D) SAUDI PRODUCTS EXPORTS DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM 1H16 RE...
Volume: 59Issue: 42Published at Fri, 21 Oct 2016 -
OPEC Agrees To Cut, Now The Hard Work Starts
...EC^ 2016 OIL EXPORT REVENUES ON COURSE FOR $750BN FALL FROM 2012 PEAK ($BN) 2010 2011 2012 2013 20...
Volume: 59Issue: 39Published at Fri, 30 Sep 2016 -
Saudi ‘Low Cost’ Market Share Policy Remains Unfinished Business
...llapsed from 1.54mn b/d in 2010 following the 2011 revolution. It was just 260,000 b/d last month, although recent developments have enabled it to climb back up to 390,000 b/d (MEES, 16 September). Nigeria’s output has fallen 460,000 b/d since January due to attacks from the Delta Avengers group. The la...
Volume: 59Issue: 38Published at Fri, 23 Sep 2016 -
Aramco Output Policy Under Scrutiny Ahead Of Algiers
...rst time the kingdom has managed this since 2011, after the 400,000 b/d Petro Rabigh refinery reached full capacity in October 2010. Saudi Arabia’s newest refineries have been configured to maximize gasoline and diesel output with an eye to exporting to Europe. IEA figures show Saudi products exports to...
Volume: 59Issue: 38Published at Fri, 23 Sep 2016