Key report takeaways:
OPEC+ voluntary production cut to tighten global sour crude supplies and narrow sweet-sour crude price spread
India jostles with China for Russian crude, squeezing supplies to Chinese teapot refiners
China’s oil majors have secured more heavy-sour crude to boost refining runs after the country’s re-opening
Shandong teapot refiners have turned to cheaper, alternative (non-crude) feedstock such as Russian residual fuel oil to improve margins