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Saudi Volumes Out of Floating Storage Temporarily Hiding Impact of Production Cut

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Vortexa figures showed that Saudi Arabia drastically cut crude/condensate exports in August, by even more than 1mbd vs July, and by 1.6mbd vs the average over 2022 and H1 2023.

  • All five Saudi grades of Arab crude have seen a drastic decline in volumes at sea over the month of August, by 45mb or close to 1.5mbd. The decline has sustained into September.
  • That means, while Saudi Arabia has exported much less of its crude, more has been arriving at clients’ ports – coming out of floating storage instead.
  • Saudi crude stock draws at sea are not sustainable long-term given Saudi crude-at-sea levels are already at the low end of the seasonal range according to Vortexa, meaning that the full impacts of Saudi cuts on tightening markets have not yet been properly felt.



source: Vortexa

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