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Saudi Arabia And Iran Reignite The Oil Price War

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The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran is becoming increasingly evident in the oil pricing policies of the two large Middle Eastern producers. The two countries are currently reigniting the market share and pricing war ahead of the returning U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil. a barrel premium over the Dubai/Oman average.

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EIA: At least 9 new refinery projects to come online before end of 2023 in Asia and Middle East; 2.9 MMb/d

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In the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) June 2022 Oil Market Report, the IEA expects net global refining capacity to expand by 1.0 The Shenghong Petrochemical facility in Lianyungang has an estimated capacity of 320,000 b/d, and they report that trial crude oil-processing operations began in May 2022. million b/d in 2023.

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EIA: New refineries will increase global refining capacity in 2022 and 2023; China leads

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Associated sanctions on Russia—with more than 5 million b/d in crude oil processing capacity—disrupted exports of Russia’s refined products into the global market, and will likely continue to do so as import bans in the European Union and United Kingdom come into full force. million b/d in 2022 and by an additional 1.6

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Bad News: Record Oil Imports into China in 2023

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China is well known as the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) market. continued] The post Bad News: Record Oil Imports into China in 2023 appeared first on CleanTechnica. More than half of the world’s EV sales have occurred there in recent years. It is a standard of the rapid, uplifting EV revolution.

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US EIA reminder: Strait of Hormuz world’s most important oil chokepoint; almost 20% of oil traded worldwide

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Flows through the Strait in 2011 were roughly 35 percent of all seaborne traded oil, or almost 20 percent of oil traded worldwide. ”. They are a critical part of global energy security due to the high volume of oil traded through their narrow straits. million bbl/d was crude oil. million bbl/d in 2009-2010. —US EIA.

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Oil Prices Running Out Of Reasons To Rally

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Oil prices faltered at the start of the second week of the year, as fears set in about a rapid rebound in US shale production. percent in intraday trading on Monday, after a report at the end of last week showed another solid build in the US rig count, the tenth consecutive week that the oil industry added rigs back into the field.

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GlobalData: Asia to spearhead global refinery FCCU capacity additions between 2022 and 2026

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—Teja Pappoppula, Oil and Gas Analyst at GlobalData. Duqm IV in Iran and Shahid Ghasem Soleimani in Oman are the two refineries that are likely to be the highest contributors in the region with 75 mbd of capacity each, which are expected to become operational by 2025. —Teja Pappoppula.

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