Expand your view of downstream market dynamics with regional refining-market perspectives and scenario-based outlooks on crude and product prices, margins, balances, and flows. Our integrated offerings uncover the key drivers and trends shaping downstream oil markets, and our in-depth global and regional outlooks and custom analysis provide you with the insights you need to make informed, forward-looking decisions in the downstream sector.
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Our tools
Global Downstream Model
The Global Downstream Model forecasts crude and product flows, refined-product supply and demand, and refining utilizations.
Refinery Reference Desk
Expand your understanding of the downstream sector with the Refinery Reference Desk, a comprehensive resource that explains industry terminology and concepts.
OilDesk
OilDesk provides scenario-based crude and product-price outlooks based on refining economics.
Our research
Refining in the energy transition through 2040
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The size of the global refining industry varies dramatically across different energy transition scenarios by 2040. Assumptions on electric-vehicle penetration, policy commitments, and rationalization behavior are key drivers of the difference in outcomes.
Mobility Retail insights
North American mobility retail balances old and new for future success
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With the growth of e-mobility and younger consumers seeking high-tech convenience, nimble North American mobility-retail players are combining old and new offerings to stay competitive.
What it will take to become a successful new mobility retailer
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Optimize the core mobility-retail business through digital, analytics, innovative convenience offerings, and capturing e-mobility opportunities.
What are the trends disrupting the fuel-retail industry?
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By 2030, the fuel value pool will only represent 59 percent of the total in developed markets, but it will still be more than 80 percent in most developing countries.
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Refinery transactions: A window of opportunity?
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There is a dichotomy in refinery ownership, with some players reducing their refining portfolios while others see the significant...
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Converting refineries to renewable fuels: No simple switch
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Feedstock type and availability, current plant configuration, regulation, and finance are just some factors to consider when...
Blog Post
Ethanol and corn markets: Impact from the E15 gasoline waiver
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Following an announcement by the White House several weeks earlier, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a waiver...
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Natural-gas liquids on a roll
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The boom in US natural-gas liquids shows no sign of slowing. But producers and exporters should be aware of bottlenecks and price...
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What shipowners, refiners, and traders should know about IMO 2020
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New global limits on sulfur content for marine fuels will have a significant impact on fuel markets. Our forecast for 2020 shows...
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What’s fueling the global downstream market?
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Listen to the recording from our recent webinar: “Three factors fueling the global downstream market.”