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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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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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.    ...

Asian* LNG Imports Soar To New Record Highs (Mn Tons)

...Q2 IMPORTS FELL FROM Q1’S ALL TIME HIGH BUT WERE STILL UP 12% YEAR-ON-YEAR...   ...WHILE FIRST HALF VOLUMES WERE UP A WHOPPING 14.5% *THESE 5 KEY ASIAN IMPORTERS ARE ALSO BY FAR THE LARGEST GLOBAL IMPORTERS ACCOUNTING FOR 68% OF GLOBAL LNG TRADE IN 2017. SOURCE: OFFICIAL IM...

Brazil Crude Output And Exports Flatter To Deceive (Mn B/D)

...KE A MAJOR 2H18 REBOUND IF 2018 VOLUMES ARE TO EVEN MATCH 2017’S RECORDS SOURCE: ANP, MEES....

Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)

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Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)

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Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B)

...*VS ICE BRENT FROM JULY 2017 PREVIOUSLY VS BWAVE.   SAUDI ARABIA RAISES ASIA OSPs FOR JUNE 2018, KEY ARAB LIGHT TO HIGHEST SINCE JULY 2014 VERSUS OMAN/DUBAI BENCHMARK ($/B) OMAN/DUBAI=ZERO...

Asian* LNG Imports From Qatar Hit 4-Year High Of 14.5mn T In Q1

...*TOP FIVE ASIAN AND GLOBAL IMPORTERS. PAKISTAN (3.9MN T FOR 2017) AND THAILAND (2.3MN T FOR 2017) ALSO IMPORTANT CUSTOMERS. ^ESTIMATE FOR INDIA BASED ON JAN-FEB DATA AND NORMAL SEASONAL TRENDS. SOURCE: OFFICIAL IMPORT STATISTICS, MEES....

Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)

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Iran Oil Shipments To Asia At 1.59mn B/D For Q1 2018 Are Down On 2016 And 2017 Average Volumes (‘000 B/D)

Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)

...  26Apr 16-20 Apr 9-13 Apr Mar18 Feb18 Q1 2018 Q4 2017 Q3 2017 2018 (>26Apr)  2017 2016 2015 WTI 68.19 67.58 66.04 62...

BP & Statoil’s Two Algeria Gas JVs: Combined Output At Six-Year High Of 1.66bn CFD In Q1

...IN SALAH OUTPUT OF 889MN CFD WAS THE HIGHEST SINCE Q1 2013 WITH GAINS CONTINUING TO COME FROM THE TIE-IN SINCE 2016 OF FOUR ‘SOUTHERN FIELDS’*   AT IN AMENAS Q1’s 768MN CFD WAS DOWN ON 2017 ANNUAL RECORD OF 815MN CFD AS THE PLANT FINALLY GOT BACK TO FULL CAPACITY AFTER A Q1 2013 TE...

Crude Official Selling Prices ($/B): Saudi Arabia Raises Key Arab Light To Asia Prices

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