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Jul 10, 2025

China’s Iranian crude imports near record high again

China imported over 1.7 mbd of Iranian crude in June—just shy of the March record. But what’s different this time?

Jul 09, 2025

LNG Special Report: As Middle East tensions ease, summer dynamics across China and Europe define the market

Easing Middle East tensions are influencing summer price trends, while diverging demand patterns across China and Europe are reshaping the…

Jul 08, 2025

Imbalance in supply and demand fundamentals in Atlantic MR market favours the Gulf of Mexico

We look at recent shifts in supply and demand fundamentals in the Atlantic MR market which favour vessels operating out…

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October 24, 2024

Is Saudi Arabia preparing to regain…

Saudi Arabia has recently boosted crude exports primarily by drawing down inventories. Crude liftings shifted towards its Red Sea ports to diversify its customer…

Big three oil exporters add tightness…

Crude and refined products exports from the top seaborne exporters are lower so far in March and adding supply tightness to global oil markets.

September 21, 2023

Is there light at the end…

As crude tanker rates reach new lows for 2023, we drill down into the drivers behind this, how this has shifted dynamics within the…

Saudi Leads “Big Three” Cutting Crude…

In this insight we explore how the top three global crude suppliers are lowering exports in May and what that means for global oil…

European refiners can live without Russian…

In this insight we examine the pros and cons of some key grades that could see/are seeing a boost in demand as European buyers…

January 06, 2022

Global crude exports end 2021 on…

Global crude exports ended 2021 on a high, driven by higher volumes from key OPEC Middle East producers, the US and Russia.

November 04, 2021

What’s behind Asia’s gasoline crack surge?

The surge in Asian gasoline cracks appears to be to some extent a knock-on effect on large net-outflows from the region in September and…

October 26, 2021

Crude floating storage shows diverging trends

While floating storage is declining around the globe on high prices and steep backwardation, VLCCs of Saudi and UAE oil are clustering outside Zhoushan,…

September 29, 2021

OPEC+ supply trends and their repercussions…

In this insight we explore the underlying trends for OPEC crude exports, highlighting the importance of Saudi Arabia and UAE in the producer group,…

Saudi Arabia ramps up DPP imports…

Saudi Arabia's imports of dirty petroleum products are strengthening as the country gears up for peak summer demand.

Saudi fuel oil imports lukewarm this…

Saudi Arabia fuel oil imports this summer look set to fall well below the seasonal peaks seen in previous years.

Watch Now: Mid May Report Card,…

Oil supply and demand are influx this week with supply reductions and tentative signs of demand rebound as business start to re-open, reports Vortexa…