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Report suggests low-speed electric vehicles could affect Chinese demand for gasoline and disrupt oil prices worldwide

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Low-speed electric vehicles (LSEVs) could reduce China’s demand for gasoline and, in turn, impact global oil prices, according to a new issue brief by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “ —Gabriel Collins.

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EIA: US crude oil exports reached record levels in 2020 and remain high in 2021

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US crude oil exports have increased significantly since 2015 and have averaged around 3.00 million b/d every year since 2019. The four-week rolling average of US crude oil export volumes has not fallen below 2.00 High oil prices have contributed to steady crude oil exports recently.

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IHS Markit: US gasoline demand could be cut almost in half due to COVID-19

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Further, according to the latest IHS Markit forecasts, the global auto industry will exerience an unprecedented and almost instant stalling of demand in 2020, with global auto sales forecast to plummet more than 12% from 2019 to 78.8 million units. during the global recession in 2008/2009. Europe autos demand for 2020 is set at 15.6

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Supply Crunch Or Oil Glut: Investment Banks Can’t Agree

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This year, shale output forecasts combine with OPEC’s production cuts, geopolitical factors, and unexpected outages to further complicate supply/demand and oil price forecasts by Wall Street’s major investment banks. According to the IEA, supply could lag demand in a few years, which could lead to a surge in oil prices. “

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API: total US petroleum demand topped 20.8 mb/d in July, highest since 2005; on-road fuel demand down

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million barrels per day (mb/d) in July 2019, which represented a 0.9% was high-sulfur distillate fuel (HSD), which is a heating fuel in the residential and commercial sectors and a marine fuel when blended to upgrade heavy fuel oil. of capacity) and compensated for lower international demand for US petroleum exports.

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IHS Markit: conventional oil & gas discoveries at lowest levels in 70 years; major rebound unlikely

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The low levels in discoveries come as a result of a pullback during the past 10 years in the wildcat drilling that targets conventional oil and gas plays—most drastically after oil prices collapsed in 2014. —Keith King, senior advisor at IHS Markit and a lead author of the IHS Markit E&P trends analysis.

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IHS Markit: global oil demand still growing in the short term despite increasing focus on EVs

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With economic growth robust and prices still under pressure, indications are that the current strong global refined product demand growth will continue through to end-2020, averaging 1.1 in both 2018 and 2019, respectively, due to convergence of robust economic activity in many markets around the world. —Spencer Welch.

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