Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad – U.S. and European Refineries Thriving So Far, But Asian Ones Suffer

About this episode

The episode discusses the current state of refining in the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific following the end of crude oil and refined product tanker flows from the Persian Gulf.

It’s been eight weeks since the steady flow of crude oil and refined product tankers out of the Persian Gulf ended, and the impacts on refineries and product suppliers in key parts of the world are becoming clearer. In today’s RBN blog, we discuss the state of refining in the U.S., Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

People in this episode

Host: RBN Energy

Topics covered

• refining
• oil supply
• global markets
• U.S. refineries
• European refineries
• Asian refineries

Keywords

• refineries
• crude oil
• refined products
• Persian Gulf
• U.S. refining
• European refining
• Asian refining

Mentioned in this episode

Places: U.S., Europe, Asia-Pacific, Persian Gulf

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