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Iran Oil Exports to China Shrink

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Crude oil exports from Iran to its biggest buyer, China, shrank last month on tighter U.S. sanctions and refinery maintenance, Bloomberg has reported, citing data from Vortexa. Per that data, Iran shipped a little over 1.1 million barrels of crude to China daily, which was 20% lower than export flows in May 2024.

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Crude Processing At One of Europe’s Top Refineries Goes Offline

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BPs refinery in Rotterdam had both its crude units offline on Tuesday morning, Reuters reports, citing energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie. This follows the shutdown of the other 200,000 bpd crude unit in early May for planned maintenance. A crude unit with a capacity of 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) went offline early on Tuesday.

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Saudi Crude Supply to China Set for One Year Low in April

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Despite the expected rise in OPEC+ production in April, Saudi Arabia is set to ship significantly lower crude oil volumes to China next month to levels not seen in over a year, Reuters reported on Thursday, quoting trade and industry sources.

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Weak refinery, export demand weakens prices for Midland crude along Texas coast

Oil & Gas 360º

(Investing) –HOUSTON – The price spread between WTI Midland crude in West Texas and Houston has narrowed this year as cold weather hurt Permian production, driving up prices, but weaker refinery and export demand on the U.S. refinery utilization stood at 85.6% Gulf Coast pressured that market lower. A 10% tariff by the U.S.

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US Weekly Oil Data

Energy Outlook Advisors

Gasoline inventories are currently at a comfortable level, but refinery maintenance might lead to low levels at the start of summer. There is no bullish case for oil at this stage. We will monitor jet fuel demand, expecting it might decline significantly due to slow economic growth and reduced government travel.

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Enhance predictive maintenance with generative AI agents on AWS

AWS: Energy (Oil & Gas)

In today’s complex industrial environments, predictive maintenance remains a key challenge for Energy, Utilities, and Manufacturing sectors. McKinsey estimates mid-size refineries lose $20–50 million annually due to reliability issues. This post outlines an agentic solution for predictive maintenance using generative AI agents.

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US Weekly Oil Data

Energy Outlook Advisors

Analysts fear prolonged refinery maintenance could further reduce gasoline and distillate inventories and raise their prices. Cushing inventories increased but remained below the 5-year range (but now above the lows of 2014 as shown in Figure 11). Distillate inventories remain near the bottom of the five-year range. Read more

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