November 2018 | Petroleum statistics bulletin – Import volume / 14.88 million kl, 93.8% compared to the same month of the previous year
November 2018
December 28, 2018
Natural Resources and Energy Agency
Resource · Fuel Department Policy Division
1. Crude Oil Trends
The crude oil import volume in November was 14.88 million kl, which was lower than the previous year, 93.8% compared to the same month the year before. Looking in descending order of import volume
(1) Saudi Arabia (5.49 million kl, 83.1% year-on-year)
(2) United Arab Emirates (4.22 million kl, 106.8% same)
(3) Kuwait (1.36 million kl, 119.3% same)
(4) Qatar (1,280,000 kl, 102.1% same)
(5) Russia (810,000 kl, 104.1% same).
The dependence on the Middle East this year is 85.7%, down 5.1 points from the same month of the previous year, falling below the previous year for 3 consecutive months.
2. Production of fuel oil
Production of fuel oil reached 14.16 million kl, a decrease of 95.5% from the same month of the previous year, which is lower than the previous year for 12 consecutive months. Looking at oil types, jet fuel oil, heavy oil A and B / C heavy oil exceeded the same month of the previous year, but gasoline, naphtha, kerosene and diesel oil fell below the same month of the previous year.
3. Import and export of fuel oil
Fuel oil imports were 3.45 million kl, 119.9% compared with the same month last year, exceeding the previous year for the third consecutive month. Exports were 2.56 million kl, a decrease of 96.6% compared with the same month of the previous year, which was lower than the previous year.
4. Domestic sales of fuel oil
Domestic sales of fuel oil reached 14.19 million kl, down from the previous year, reaching 93.9% of the same month the year before. Looking at oil type, naphtha exceeded the same month of the previous year, but gasoline, jet fuel oil, kerosene, light 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 110.8 million kl, which was 108.8% higher than the previous year, up from the previous year. Looking at oil types, gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, light oil and heavy oil A exceeded the same month of the previous year, but jet fuel 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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