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Russian Fuel Oil Flows to Middle East at Multi Year High

OIL PRODUCTS

Saudi Arabia’s imports of Russian residual fuel oil for power generation remain firm and are expected to peak seasonally in August according to Vortexa.

  • Higher Russian fuel oil supplies have also been observed discharging into UAE’s Fujairah storage terminals – potentially for re-export.
  • Middle East imports of Russian residual fuel oil are on track to reach a multi-year high of 260kbd this month, accounting for 75% of the region’s total fuel oil imports.
  • Higher Middle East imports have come at the expense of declining flows to Asia, which saw arrivals of Russian residual fuel oil retreating by almost 24% m-o-m this month – led by China.
  • Russian fuel oil flows are expected to increase towards Asia later in the year when the Middle East summer heating demand peaks.




source: Vortexa

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