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European Middle and Light Distillate Fortunes Diverging

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The gap between diesel and light distillate fortunes in Europe is apparent in seaborne import levels as imports of diesel surge ahead of Russian sanctions.

  • European diesel and jet/kero imports were already above long-term averages over July-September, before widespread refinery outages in France led to a spike far above the seasonal range, with Vortexa recording 3.7mbd of diesel imports into European countries over 1-20 October.
  • This is 1mbd higher than the Q1 2022 average, when demand was under pressure from high prices and some remaining Covid restrictions.
  • Within just three months, gasoline/blending component and naphtha imports fell from a seasonal high of close to 1.5mbd in July to just above 1.1mbd over 1-20 October, in spite of unusually heavy buying from France.


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