📉Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, September oil statistics bulletin (flash report only)
1. Crude Oil Trends
In September, crude oil imports amounted to 15.12 million kl, 98.0% of the same month last year, falling below the previous year for 2 consecutive months. Looking in descending order of import volume,
(1) Saudi Arabia (5.22 million kl, 114.6% compared with the same month of the previous year)
(2) United Arab Emirates (4.2 million kl, 101.1% same)
(3) Kuwait (1.31 million kl, 120.5% same)
(4) Qatar (109 million kl, 71.8% same)
(5) Iran (1,300,000 kl, 68.9% same).
Incidentally, this month’s dependence on the Middle East was 89.1%, up 2.0 points from the same month last year, exceeding the previous year for the second consecutive month.
2. Production of fuel oil
Production of fuel oil reached 14.45 million kl, 99.0% of the same month the year before, falling below the previous year for 2 consecutive months. Looking at oil types, gasoline and naphtha exceeded the same month of the previous year, but jet fuel oil, kerosene, light oil, A heavy oil, and B · C heavy oil fell below the same month of the previous year.
3. Import and export of fuel oil
Fuel oil imports were 2.08 million kl, 101.6% of the same month the year before, exceeding the previous year for 2 consecutive months. Exports were 3.27 million kl, 104.6% compared to the same month in the previous year, exceeding the previous year for 3 consecutive months.
4. Domestic sales of fuel oil
Domestic sales of fuel oil reached 13.51 million kl, an increase of 100.6% compared with the same month last year, exceeding the previous year for the first time in 4 months. In terms of oil type, naphtha, kerosene and light oil exceeded the same month of the previous year, but gasoline, jet fuel oil, A heavy oil and B · C heavy oil fell below the same month of the previous year.
5. Stock of fuel oil
Inventory of fuel oil was 101.4 million kl, 94.2% compared with the same month of the previous year, falling below the previous year for 2 consecutive months. In terms of oil type, gasoline and A heavy oil exceeded the same month of the previous year, but naphtha, jet fuel oil, kerosene, light oil and B / C heavy oil fell below the same month of the previous year.
* Numbers related to production relations are also published on the website of the Ministerial Secretariat Survey Statistics Group.
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