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Mar 27 2024
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World Refining Hub Prospering
U.S. MARGIN STAYING POWER
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Refining
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Three years ago, U.S. refiners were hanging on by a thread, with product demand devastated and margin collapsed. Many considered it a terminal diagnosis. Instead, the 2021-2024 period has been golden for those plants remaining open. This report examines margin history, oil prices, shale oil advantage, and gasoline demand.
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Dec 26 2023
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Potential Powerhouse
GUYANA'S PETROLEUM EMERGENCE
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Production/Supply/Demand
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An offshore discovery in 2015 thrust Guyana into the spotlight among world oil producers. With production currently at 400,000 b/d, and more development in the works, the best is yet to come.
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Sep 28 2023
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IEA Issues Political 2030 Projection
RESURGENT WORLD OIL DEMAND
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Demand
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Global oil demand is on track to set a new all-time record high in 2023, proving many of its detractors wrong yet again. One of those is the International Energy Agency which has announced oil demand will peak in 2028 and decline thereafter. Others, including OPEC, vigorously disagree that demand is close to peaking, and are warning a decline in investment may lead to disaster.
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Jun 10 2023
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Recession-Scared Oil Price Enabled
$1.20 GAL. DROP IN WORLD PUMP PRICE
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Retail Prices
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The world average retail price of gasoline has dropped over $1 per gallon since last Summer, to $4.04. Growing refiner margins have arrested retail gasoline's price descent in 2023. The largest consuming nation, the U.S., averages $3.67 gal. Currently 24 nations are subsidizing gasoline. At the other extreme are high priced Hong Kong ($11.32 gal.), and Denmark ($7.85 gal.)
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Mar 29 2023
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En Route to Renationalization?
MEXICO LEADER VOWS TO END CRUDE OIL EXPORTS
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Production/Supply/Demand
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Mexico oil reserves will last a mere eight years at the current extraction rates and refined product import dependency now exceeds 50%. This report examines Mexico's oil production collapse, an attempt at privatization, and its current reversal under a new President who wants to end oil exports.
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Dec 27 2022
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December 27, 2022: Nine Waning Exporters
OIL STATES' EXPORT STATUS TRANSITION
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Production/Supply/Demand
Imports/Exports
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In 2005, the nine nations featured in this report exported a combined 5-million barrels per day to world consumers. Now, instead of exporting, this group imports 1.4-million b/d. This report features dramatic events that have flipped nations from petroleum exporter to importer status.
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Sep 28 2022
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Gyrating Production, Price, Profits
MAJORS FINANCIAL RECOVERY, 2022
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Production/Supply/Demand
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Oil and gas producers lost billions in 2020, recovered nicely in 2021, and so far in 2022 are enjoying huge profits thanks to elevated crude oil and gas prices. But despite 2022's achievements, dark clouds are forming on the horizon including the increasing likelihood of a global recession, which would pummel demand. The world's six largest private major oil companies are featured herein.
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Jun 21 2022
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Handicapped Refining and Embargo Put
2022 DIESEL SUPPLY IN CRISIS
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Production/Supply/Demand
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Shut refineries in the U.S. and elsewhere, delayed refining expansion, and embargos are rendering current capacity inadequate to handle even the modest recovery in global distillate demand this year. This report examines price, supply, stocks, and potential recovery scenarios.
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Mar 29 2022
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How OPEC+ Is Amassing Power
A NEW WORLD ORDER FOR PETROLEUM
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Production/Supply/Demand
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OPEC's share of global production had been slipping but the more relevant group, OPEC+, has emerged as a dominant force. OPEC+ accounts for 54.2% of global output. The organization's many past campaigns to achieve cooperation with non-OPEC producing nations had limited and brief success, but this time it is amassing clout thanks to the global ideology set against fossil fuels -- and to the singular petroleum power of super collaborator Russia.
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Dec 27 2021
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How and Why of Global Gasoline's Price Rally
REVIEW OF TUMULTUOUS 2020-2021
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Retail Prices
Subsidies
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After an extreme price crash, the world retail price of gasoline hit bottom in April 2020, then climbed with a vengeance past pre-pandemic levels. World motorists are now hard-pressed with high price, curtailed mobility and strained economies. This report finds 28 nations are now subsidizing gasoline, shielding citizens by deliberate delay or sluggish government response.
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