- Japan's fuel oil imports up in May y-on-y
July 30, 2014
Despite lower production and reduced demand, Japan's fuel oil imports in May were up 48.8% y-on-y.
Fuel oil demand has become closely tied to Japan's power needs over the last three years, after the shut-down of its nuclear reactors post-Fukishim...
- European car sales up in 2014
June 30, 2014
The improvement in the economic condition has been reflected in car sales figures. During the first four months of the year, car sales jumped by 7% (Euro-15).
Among the biggest markets, sales in Spain surged by more than 16% from a year ago, whil...
- Are cars more fuel efficient than a year ago?
June 30, 2014
The European Environment Agency published preliminary data about the fuel efficiency of the cars sold in 2013, claiming that they were 4% more efficient from a year ago and 10% more efficient compared to 2010.
This, however, is based on values de...
- Increase in European fuel demand, Q1 2014
June 30, 2014
There has been a remarkable improvement in motor fuels consumption so far this year. Road transport fuel demand has accelerated over the last few months, with diesel demand actually growing y-on-y.
This development is more driven by Germany than ...
- Growth in Chinese crude imports, y-on-y
June 30, 2014
Chinese crude imports continued to display robust y-on-y growth, standing at 6.16 mmb/d in May.
This is 615 kb/d less than April's record high, but in line with refinery maintenance over Q2 and Q3, and recent outages in China's two largest refine...