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“Gas Stations Will Run Dry”: Catastrophic Scenario For Diesel Emerging According To World’s Biggest Energy Traders
“Gas Stations Will Run Dry”: Catastrophic Scenario For Diesel Emerging According To World’s Biggest Energy Traders While the world has been obsessively focused on crude oil and gasoline in recent weeks, we instead alerted readers to a far more dire scenario playing out in diesel, a source of energy which is absolutely critical in keeping […]
Why liquefied coal (CTL) and natural gas (GTL) can’t replace oil
Why liquefied coal (CTL) and natural gas (GTL) can’t replace oil Preface. Here are just a few of the reasons why we aren’t likely to convert enough coal to diesel to matter as oil decines (see Chapter 11 Liquefied Coal: There Goes the Neighborhood, the Water, and the Air for more details on this in When Trucks […]
China Rations Diesel Amid Nationwide Fuel Shortages
China Rations Diesel Amid Nationwide Fuel Shortages
China Rationing Diesel
China Rationing Diesel China has begun to ration fuel amid the ongoing energy crisis. As reported by the BBC, trucks in China may only fill their tanks with 100 liters (10% capacity) of diesel, with other areas reportedly only allowing 25 liters. The city of Fuyang is limiting purchases and charging drivers a surcharge of up […]
Australia’s diesel imports on record high Update June 2021
Australia’s diesel imports on record high Update June 2021 Australia’s monthly diesel imports reached a record of 2,360 ML (495 kb/d) in June 2021. While it is common for imports to vary from month to month there is a long term increasing trend. This is caused by diesel consumption on a continuing growth path while […]
Demand for Gasoline, Jet Fuel, and Diesel: Checking on the Recovery
Demand for Gasoline, Jet Fuel, and Diesel: Checking on the Recovery Watching for the EV drag on gasoline demand requires a lot of patience. Gasoline consumption in the US during the four-week period through February 5 was down by 10.1% from a year ago to 7.89 million barrels per day (mb/d), according to EIA data. […]
Update on the WTF-Collapse of Consumption of Gasoline, Jet Fuel & Diesel
Update on the WTF-Collapse of Consumption of Gasoline, Jet Fuel & Diesel Folks started driving again – including those who used to take mass-transit. But jet fuel demand is still in collapse-mode. And overall consumption remains way down. Ridership on San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) trains was still down 89% in June, compared […]
Update on the WTF Collapse of Demand for Gasoline, Jet Fuel, and Diesel
Update on the WTF Collapse of Demand for Gasoline, Jet Fuel, and Diesel No “V-shaped recovery back to normal.” Demand for gasoline collapsed in a stunning and historic manner, starting in mid-March when the measures to slow down the spread of the pandemic took effect, when working from home became the new thing, and when […]
Bone-Chilling WTF Charts of the Collapse in US Demand for Gasoline, Jet Fuel, and Diesel
Bone-Chilling WTF Charts of the Collapse in US Demand for Gasoline, Jet Fuel, and Diesel It started in mid-February for jet fuel and in mid-March for gasoline. Oil companies are reporting financial fiascos every day: Today Exxon reported its first quarterly loss since 1999 ($610 million), on a “market-related” $2.9 billion write-down. “We’ve never seen […]
European Gas Stations Out of Diesel: French Refinery Strike Deepens Crisis
European Gas Stations Out of Diesel: French Refinery Strike Deepens Crisis Diesel is in short supply in Europe. The situation is about to worsen as the biggest French refinery is shutting down. Bloomberg reports Europe’s Diesel Woes Deepen as Strike Halts French Oil Refinery. Total SA, France’s biggest refiner, is in the process of shutting its […]
Is A Diesel Crunch Coming?
Is A Diesel Crunch Coming? The new ship fuel regulations coming into force at the start of 2020 are set to create an initial confusion on the refining market and crude oil and oil product trade flows, analysts and industry experts say. We are now just 14 months away from January 1, 2020—the start date […]
Energy Externalities Day 8: Diesel
Energy Externalities Day 8: Diesel Diesel powered electricity generation is a niche common on isolated island grids like El Hierro and in certain countries, like the UK, recently adopted as peaking plants. They have the advantage that they can quickly and easily be switched on and off and the disadvantage that they are expensive to […]
