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Oil exports from Russia's western ports to fall 13% in Nov. as refinery maintenance ends

Russia's crude oil exports from its three main western ports will drop by 13% in November from the previous month to 1.95 MMbpd (or some 8 MM tonnes) as refinery maintenance season is over.

U.S. crude, gasoline inventories rise, distillates draw down

U.S. crude oil and gasoline inventories rose while distillate inventories fell last week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday.

Four new petroleum liquids pipelines have been completed in the U.S. since 2023

Since 2023, pipeline companies have completed four new petroleum liquids pipeline projects in the U.S.—three crude oil pipeline projects and one hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGL) project—according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) recently updated Liquids Pipeline Projects Database.

As U.S. Permian crude turns lighter, it risks losing favor with refiners

Companies drilling for the crude that turned the U.S. into the world's top oil producer face an unexpected dilemma: their West Texas Midland crude is getting lighter, which could make it less appealing to some refiners.

China's surplus crude oil hits nearly 1 MMbpd for September

The weak position of China's crude oil sector was underlined by September data showing a sixth consecutive monthly drop in refinery processing, leading to nearly 1 MMbpd of oil being available for storage.

Shell says no impact to operations after oil leak in Bukom, Singapore

Shell said on Monday there was no impact to operations after an oil leak over the weekend from a land-based pipeline at Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Singapore on Bukom island, adding that the leak had been stopped.

China, Saudi Arabia top buyers of Russian fuel oil in September

China and Saudi Arabia were the top destinations for Russian seaborne fuel oil and vacuum gasoil (VGO) exports in September.

Nigerian fuel traders turn to imports to augment Dangote Refinery supply

Nigerian fuel traders are ramping up petrol imports to augment supply from the Dangote Refinery following worsening fuel queues.

Global refinery margins fall to multi-year seasonal lows in September

Refinery margins for petroleum refiners across the world are shrinking, indicating reduced profitability from refining crude oil and selling petroleum products.

Russia's idle oil refining capacity revised up 10% for October

Russia plans to take offline 4.4 MM tonnes of refining capacity in October, an increase of 10% from an earlier plan, increasing the amount of crude oil available for export.