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Amid the continued rally in oil prices, Saudi Aramco raised its official selling price for crude exported to Asia, with its flagship Arab Light cargos for March up by $0.60 per barrel to a total $2.80 per barrel premium over the benchmark. According to Bloomberg, this is the highest price …

Saudi Arabia raised oil prices for its main market of Asia after crude’s surge to almost $95 a barrel. State firm Saudi Aramco increased pricing for all grades for Asian customers in March, according to several people with knowledge of the matter. The company raised its key Arab Light oil …

Global gas markets are painting distinctly different pictures this week as supply uncertainty in Asia supports prices, but European markets are starting to see downside potential on the horizon. Mild weather in Europe and frigid forecasts for the US will drive price behavior in the coming days. Milder temperature forecasts …

Higher Saudi prices for January, lower overall demand for crude amid the Omicron uncertainty, the Chinese crackdown on illicit practices at its independent refiners, and refinery maintenance season starting in late Q1 2022 have resulted in Asian refiners abstaining from extra Saudi crude supply for loading in January. Refiners in …

Saudi Arabia will supply full contracted oil volumes to most of its buyers in Asia, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed sources familiar with the Kingdom’s moves. This will be the fourth month in a row during which Saudi Arabia has supplied full volumes, which suggests that crude oil supply is …

Saudi Arabia raised oil prices for buyers in Asia and the U.S., days after OPEC and its allies made a surprise decision to increase output. The move signals that the world’s biggest crude exporter still sees strong demand in its two main markets, despite the spread of the omicron variant …

Southeast Asian regional LNG imports are roughly 500,000 tons higher through the first ten months of 2021 than 2020 over the same period with most of the increase driven by Thailand where domestic production is falling rapidly. On the other hand, imports for Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore are lower thus …

Asia is stocking up on liquefied natural gas (LNG) to avoid a repeat of last winter’s crunch when colder than usual temperatures sent 2020/2021 winter spot LNG prices to records. Now prices are even higher, but many Asian buyers are still on the spot market despite the expensive gas in …

Sweet crude grades from the U.S. Gulf Coast have seen increased interest from Asian buyers in recent weeks, as many refiners in the world’s largest oil-importing region are purchasing more of the sweeter crude varieties, energy analytics firm Vortexa says. Asian refiners are looking for more crude of the sweeter …

LNG storage and reload activity is picking up in Southeast Asia, with at least two terminal operators offering third-party access to existing and proposed facilities. Petronas wants to add a new tank solely for storage and reload purposes at its Pengerang regasification terminal in Johor, Malaysia, and is seeking market …