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EU oil products’ deliveries plummet to record lows

Oil&Gas Materials 18 May 2020 15:51 (UTC +04:00)
In March 2020, EU deliveries of gasoline and jet fuel fell by 15 percent and 27 percent respectively compared with February 2020, and by 24 percent and 22 percent compared to the average March value of the last decade (2010 to 2019).
EU oil products’ deliveries plummet to record lows

BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 18

By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:

In March 2020, EU deliveries of gasoline and jet fuel fell by 15 percent and 27 percent respectively compared with February 2020, and by 24 percent and 22 percent compared to the average March value of the last decade (2010 to 2019), Trend reports citing Eurostat.

Although at EU level, the delivery of other fuels such as diesel, LPG and fuel oil increased slightly compared with February 2020, severe drops were observed in several EU Member States.

The COVID-19 containment measures differed between the EU Member States as to their timing and severity. The first EU country imposing severe nation-wide measures was Italy and the effects are particularly apparent in its data.

In March 2020, gasoline deliveries dropped in almost all the EU Member States. In some cases, they reached record lows (since the beginning of the time series in 2008), with the highest decreases in quantities observed in Italy (-40 percent), Spain (-33 percent) and France (-20 percent).

The deliveries of gas/diesel oil decreased in some EU Members States, while they increased in others. The highest decreases were observed in Italy (-26 percent) and Spain (-11 percent). Similarly, deliveries of LPG dropped by 27 percent in Italy, where is it widely used as transport fuel.

The national and international air-traffic limitations introduced in March 2020 had a major impact on kerosene demand. As a result, kerosene deliveries plummeted to record lows. The largest decreases in deliveries compared to February 2020 were observed in Sweden (-57 percent) and Italy (-52 percent), followed by Spain (-35 percent) France (-28 percent) and Germany (-20 percent).

In March 2020, EU refinery intake of crude oil dropped by 5 percent compared to February with the largest declines observed in France (-31 percent) and Italy (-24 percent). Compared to the average March value of the last decade, the refinery intake of crude oil dropped in these two countries by 58 percent and by 33 percent respectively.

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