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

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that global refining capacity decreased by 730,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2021—the first decline in global refining capacity in 30 years. million b/d since the start of 2020, contributing 184,000 b/d to the global decline in 2021. million b/d in 2022 and by an additional 1.6

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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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million barrels per day (MMb/d) of global refinery capacity once fully operational. 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 scheduled expansions follow a period of reduced global refining capacity. million b/d in 2023.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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They include bans on financing for and the supply of critical equipment and technology to important Russian energy projects. Novatek and its partners Total and Chinese National Petroleum Company still lack $15 billion of the $27 billion needed to finance the Yamal LNG plant. Live by Energy…. The emergence of the U.S.,

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Day Of Reckoning For US Shale Will Have To Wait

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Maintaining access to finance can come at a price. Bond markets have essentially been ruled out as a new source of finance for high-yield producers. Moody’s Investors Service sees the contraction as too little to make a significant dent in the global supply gut. It is not a total win for the companies that are trying to hang on.

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Opinion: Saudis Could Face An Open Revolt At Next OPEC Meeting

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Interestingly, also, the Saudis increased their share of OPEC average daily output in the first half of 2015 over 2014 average daily volume—and their share of average daily global output. percent, during the same period; during the same period, OPEC output as a share of global output declined slightly, from 39.5 percent from 10.2

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Opinion: Oil Megaprojects Won’t Stay On The Shelf For Long

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Maintaining access to finance can come at a price. Bond markets have essentially been ruled out as a new source of finance for high-yield producers. Moody’s Investors Service sees the contraction as too little to make a significant dent in the global supply gut. It is not a total win for the companies that are trying to hang on.

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Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

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In the last quarter of 2014, in the face of possible oversupply, Saudi Arabia abandoned its traditional role as the global oil market’s swing producer and therefore it role as unofficial guarantor of existing ($100+ per barrel) prices. This increase in output occurs with the context of a narrow global demand opportunity.