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Shifting FSU Export Flows

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After providing 2.8 mbpd of incremental liquids supply during 2004-09, production growth in the former Soviet Union (FSU) slowed…
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After the Stock Build

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In this week’s Petroleum Status Report, the US Energy Intelligence Agency (EIA) reported that US commercial crude inventories rose…
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Zombie Refineries

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Theeey’re baaack. Atlantic Basin refineries that the market had relegated to the graveyard of unfit plants in an expanding…
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Naphtha Redemption for LR1s?

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After languishing below operating costs for almost six months, LR1 earnings on the benchmark Baltic TC5 route, carrying 55,000…
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Removing Bottlenecks

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The main culprit behind the recent uncharacteristically deep discount of West Texas Intermediate’s (WTI) price compared to Brent is…
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The Buzz to Come

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To stop the United States’ gasoline production crashing into the 10% ethanol blending wall, the US Environmental Protection Agency…
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Diversifying Outlets

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Arguments occasionally spawn diversification. Oil pipeline tariff squabbles with Belarus in 2008 prompted Russia to develop alternative routes that…
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