Posted by FutureEyes > 2017-11-26 19:18 | Report Abuse

Priceless information. Well done!

Posted by cheoky > 2017-11-26 20:23 | Report Abuse

Great effort. Mogas crack spread doesnt equal to hrc gross refinery margin correct?

Posted by goreng_kaki > 2017-11-26 20:30 | Report Abuse

TP 60 SEN?

Posted by Alex Foo > 2017-11-26 23:53 | Report Abuse

This is called homework. Publishing here means spoonfeed. Thank you for ur noble act in educating the community.

Posted by probability > 2017-11-27 00:07 | Report Abuse

Worth to really read and understand:

It forecast oil refining capacity would increase by 700,000 to 800,000 bpd in 2018, but would be outpaced by demand for oil products rising by 1.4 million bpd.

http://in.reuters.com/article/us-oil-refining-capacity/stormy-weather-...

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Hurricane Harvey’s crippling impact on U.S. oil refinery operations this month and the challenge buyers faced in filling the gap in gasoline supplies has exposed a shortage of spare refining capacity around the globe.

Nearly a quarter of U.S. refining capacity was knocked out by the storm this month, driving U.S. gasoline prices to two-year highs above $2 a gallon. Many plants are still struggling to resume normal operations, prompting other refineries around the world to crank up output to fill the gap.

Global refining is considered to be running at its maximum when capacity utilisation is 85.5 percent, the highest level reached in the modern era, BP’s head of refining economics Richard de Caux said.

Today the utilisation level is 83 percent, he told the Platts Refining Summit in Brussels, suggesting a very slim buffer.

“The spare capacity is not really there,” said Dario Scaffardi, general manager of Italian refiner Saras. “In as much as consumption worldwide is growing, refinery capacity is not long at all.”

Spare capacity is needed to meet demand when refineries undergo maintenance or face unexpected outages. Too much in reserve is costly for refiners. But Hurricane Harvey has shown the world may not have enough.

Consultant JBC Energy said refiners could process 83 million bpd of crude by the end of 2017. In 2016, BP data showed processing at roughly 80.6 million bpd.

Energy consultancy FGE estimates spare global refining capacity, based on official or nameplate numbers, stands at 14 million bpd, down from 18 million bpd earlier this decade.

But nameplate figures can be misleading, as they are based on capacity of a refinery when built or refurbished. Many cannot match those levels due to years of underinvestment. So actual spare capacity may only be a fraction of that 14 million bpd.

For example, Venezuela’s four refineries have run at record lows this year as they lack spare parts. Plants in Mexico, Brazil and Nigeria have also suffered poor investment for years.

At the same time, demand for oil and its products is climbing, led by China and India, and more developed economies.

“SILVER AGE”

“What we have is good demand growth and, ... whilst there are long lists of refinery projects, not many of them are coming through,” said Steve Sawyer, FGE’s head of refining.

Throw Hurricane Harvey into the mix and the shortage in spare capacity becomes increasingly apparent.

“Are we going to assume Venezuelan refinery utilisation rates will suddenly jump?” Energy Aspects said. “Or are we going to rely on Nigeria’s dilapidated refineries to fill the gap? None of this capacity is available to the current market.”

“The only country with truly spare refining capacity is China, where environmental restrictions have capped runs,” the consultancy said in a note.

As a result, Morgan Stanley predicts a “silver age” of profits to the end of the decade for refiners as margins rise.

“Refining cycles are historically short and volatile, but there is more visibility than usual, and we expect this strength to continue,” the bank said in a note.

It forecast oil refining capacity would increase by 700,000 to 800,000 bpd in 2018, but would be outpaced by demand for oil products rising by 1.4 million bpd.

“Refinery crude intake probably needs to increase by (roughly) 1.1 million bpd. Hence, global refining utilisation is set to stay high in 2018, which will underpin margins again next year,” the bank said.

It forecast BP’s Refining Marker Margin, a benchmark proxy for profits, would rise from $12.8 a barrel in 2017 to $16 a barrel in 2020.

A move to make shippers to use fuel with less sulphur from 2020 will offer further opportunities for refiners to boost margins by supplying more low-sulphur distillates.

“With product demand and refining margins this strong, the world needs more refining capacity not less,” said Nevyn Nah, oil products analyst at Energy Aspects in Singapore.

Posted by probability > 2017-11-27 00:11 | Report Abuse

It forecast oil refining capacity would increase by 700,000 to 800,000 bpd in 2018, but would be outpaced by demand for oil products rising by 1.4 million bpd.

“Refinery crude intake probably needs to increase by (roughly) 1.1 million bpd. Hence, global refining utilisation is set to stay high in 2018, which will underpin margins again next year,” the bank said.

It forecast BP’s Refining Marker Margin, a benchmark proxy for profits, would rise from $12.8 a barrel in 2017 to $16 a barrel in 2020.

Posted by probability > 2017-11-27 10:08 | Report Abuse

https://www.rappler.com/business/170029-petron-new-petrochemical-plant-ang

He said Petron plans to spend at least $1.5 billion (P74.57 billion) to expand the capacity of its oil refinery in Malaysia to 150,000 barrels a day from 88,000 barrels a day.

Posted by probability > 2017-11-27 10:17 | Report Abuse

Annual world refining outlook 2017:

https://www.fgenergy.com/media/420733/fge-annual-refining-outlook-2017-brochure.pdf


Our conclusions will continue to challenge the conventional wisdom of gasoline length and distillate shortage (at least to 2020!). It will also raise new concerns about how the refining/shipping industries will react to the 2020 IMO regulation changes; all set within an internally consistent framework of refinery capacity, estimated refinery margins and products prices. We review how surplus refining capacity may change, challenging the traditional call for further reductions in capacity. Indeed, we may well be experiencing the beginning of a new “Golden Age of Refining” which will see new capacity being required and added throughout the 2020s.

Posted by probability > 2017-11-27 10:31 | Report Abuse

If you read the second article on the Bunker Fuel ( Fuel Oil produced by Simple Refiners), it precisely gives the reason why PetronM has to do the 1.5B investment.

When all these simple refiners are forced to closed down, Gasoline and Diesel demand in future will exceed the supply significant pushing their margins higher.

Hengyuan made the most prudent investment of 1.4Billion (RM 5 per sghare) in 2013 on Catalytic cracking unit to convert the fuel oil to Diesel.

Posted by vimediac > 2017-11-28 12:22 | Report Abuse

omg. really tq for ur post.. pls

Posted by vimediac > 2017-11-28 12:24 | Report Abuse

tq for the article.. really helpful.