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French Crude Inventories Build on Strikes

REFINING

French refinery strikes have resulted in an increase in French crude inventories

  • •They have risen by 13% compared with a month ago and are at 14 month-highs at over 48 million bbls, according to consultancy OilX.
  • •WTI Midland and CPC crude grades usually make up 30% - or 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) – of French crude imports, but no cargoes have been delivered this month in a rare occurrence, according to Kpler.
  • •Exxon Mobil expects a full restart at its refineries to take 2-3 weeks. Three TotalEnergies refineries have returned from strikes this week, stoking optimism the others will follow.


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