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EV’s Pushing Road Fuel Demand into Structural Decline: BNEF

OIL PRODUCTS

Alternative driving fuel and EVs are about to tip the road fuels market past the point of return, BNEF said.

  • BNEF estimates that road fuel demand will peak in 2027, around 2.6m b/d – or 5.3% - above 2023 levels.
  • Demand will then fall to 4.5m b/d by 2035 before accelerating the decline to over half by 2050 compared to 2023 levels, BNEF added.
  • Demand for zero-tailpipe emission vehicles - like EVs - will cut oil demand by 2m b/d by 2024, 4.6m b/d by 2028 and then triple by 2030.
  • Biodiesel already accounted for 66% of diesel sales in California in 2023.
  • Road fuels constitute 45% of total daily oil products consumption. Passenger vehicles are 99% of gasoline use and 66% of diesel use.
  • Refineries operate predominantly to produce either diesel or gasoline. Weakening profitability for producing either of these fuels could call the viability of some refineries into question.

Source: Bloomberg

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