Rystad: Southeast Asia’s oil and gas output slumped to lowest since 1998

(EnergyAsia, December 27, 2021, Monday) Rystad Energy —- The Covid-19 pandemic has marked the end of an era for Southeast Asia’s combined oil and gas production, pushing the region’s output in 2021 to below 5 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) for the first time since 1998, a threshold that is not likely (more…)

NEW ZEALAND: Sole refinery could become import and storage terminal

(EnergyAsia, August 2, 2021, Monday) — New Zealand could become the first industrialised economy to be without an oil refinery when investors vote Friday August 6 to decide whether to convert the country’s only fuel-producing plant into an import and storage terminal….

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INDONESIA: COVID-19, lack of foreign interest threaten $60 billion plan for refining sector

(EnergyAsia, April 29, 2021, Thursday) — Indonesia’s proposed US$60 billion plan to expand and upgrade its ageing oil refining sector is at risk of being held back by the lack of interest from foreign investors and the economy’s continuing uncertain outlook….

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MARKETS: Suez blockage highlights Asia’s vulnerability to disruptions, says Wood Mackenzie

(EnergyAsia, April 10, 2021, Sunday) — The following is a series of comments written by analysts at consulting firm Wood Mackenzie. Introduction by Gavin Thompson, Asia Pacific vice chair of Wood Mackenzie. Asia’s economies are intimately linked to global maritime trade. Cargo vessels sailing from the ports of Northeast Asia’s export giants supply the consumers (more…)

JAPAN: Eneos to convert Osaka refinery, focus Chiba plant on exports

(EnergyAsia, October 20, 2020, Tuesday) — In response to Japan’s declining domestic oil consumption, the country’s largest downstream company, Eneos Holdings, has announced a restructuring of the ownership and operations at two of its refineries….

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ASIA: Gasoline retail ripe for consolidation in the wake of COVID-19

COMMENT By Abhi Bhuchar * (EnergyAsia, July 17, 2020, Friday) — For most segments of the oil and gas industry in Asia, the outlook is dismal for the next two years at least. One exception may be fuel retailing where a fractionalized market with large swaths of underdeveloped assets seems headed for consolidation and major (more…)

ASIA: Oil stored in offshore tankers easing on uptick in demand

(EnergyAsia, June 19, 202, Friday) — The recent uptick in Asia’s oil demand, led by China and India, has contributed to a decline in crude and products stored in tankers, say analysts. The two countries account for 55% of the region’s 36 million barrels/day oil market….

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SRI LANKA: China-backed Hambantota Port says tank farm and fuel services fully operational

(EnergyAsia, June 16, 2020, Tuesday) — Sri Lanka has taken another step forward to becoming a fuels trading hub in South Asia with the start-up of an oil tank farm and bunker fuel supply services in the southeastern port of Hambantota….

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