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Global Gas-to-Oil Switch Could Jump 80%: Platts

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Global gas-to-oil fuel switching could jump 80% as European, Asian gas prices soar according to Platts.

  • Refiners, power producers, and major industries will account for 633,000 b/d incremental liquids demand in the first quarter of 2023, compared to around 350,000 b/d of incremental demand in Q3 2022.
  • European gas, Asian LNG six times more costly than fuel oil on energy basis.
  • In Europe, refiners, power producers, and major industries will account for a 308,000 b/d growth in liquids demand in the first quarter of 2023, equivalent to about half the global share of gas-to-oil switching.
  • Asian gas-to-oil switching demand growth will reach 271,000 b/d, or 43% of the total, according to the estimates, up from 136,000 b/d in the current quarter.
  • Residual fuel oil will account for 348,000 b/d, or 60%, of the incremental global shift to oil in Q1 2023, with LPG accounting for 32% and gasoil making up the rest of the increase at 8%.

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