,headline,topic_verification 0,SPAIN DATA: H1 crude imports rise 11% to 1.4 million b/d,Crude Oil 1,REFINERY NEWS: Host of Chinese units back from works; Jinling maintenance in Nov-Dec,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 2,REFINERY NEWS ROUNDUP: Mixed runs in Asia-Pacific,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 3,Physical 1%S fuel oil Med-North spread hits record high on competitive bidding in Platts MOC,Middle Distillates 4,"Indian ports see Jan-July bunker, STS calls up 64% on year, monsoon hits July demand",Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 5,LNG bunker prices in Europe hit 8-month high amid rising demand,Light Ends 6,REFINERY NEWS: Wellbred Trading acquires La Nivernaise de Raffinage in France,Heavy Distillates 7,Wellbred Trading buys French diesel refinery that runs on used cooking oil,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 8,EU's climate monitor says 2024 'increasingly likely' to be warmest year on record,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 9,"European LPG discount to naphtha narrows, shifting petchem feedstock appetite",Light Ends 10,REFINERY NEWS: Thai Oil’s Q2 utilization drops on planned CDU shutdown,Crude Oil 11,South Korea’s top oil refiner SK Innovation joins carbon storage project in Australia,Middle Distillates 12,CRUDE MOC: Middle East sour crude cash differentials hit month-to-date highs,Crude Oil 13,CNOOC approves 100 Bcm of proven reserves at South China Sea gas field,Crude Oil 14,"Singapore to work with Shell’s refinery, petrochemicals asset buyers to decarbonize: minister",Light Ends 15,BLM federal Montana-Dakotas oil and gas lease sale nets nearly $24 mil: Energynet.com,Middle Distillates 16,REFINERY NEWS: Oman's Sohar undergoes unplanned shutdown: sources,Crude Oil 17,"OIL FUTURES: Crude prices higher as US stockpiles extend decline, demand concerns cap gains",Crude Oil 18,Qatar announces acceptance of Sep LPG cargoes with no cuts or delays heard,Light Ends 19,"South Korea aims for full GCC FTA execution by year-end, refiners hopeful for cheaper sour crude",Crude Oil 20,"Indonesia sets Minas crude price at $84.95/b for July, rising $3.35/b from June",Crude Oil 21,Cathay Pacific H1 2024 passenger traffic rises 36% on year; Hong Kong’s jet fuel demand bolstered,Middle Distillates 22,US DATA: Total ULSD stocks near a six-month high as demand continues to fall,Middle Distillates 23,US DATA: Product supplied of propane and propylene reach three-month high,Light Ends 24,Internatonal Seaways focused on replacing aging fleet during second quarter: CEO,Crude Oil 25,"Devon Energy's oil output hits all-time record high from Delaware, Eagle Ford operations",Crude Oil 26,"Brazil's Prio still waiting on IBAMA license approvals to boost oil, gas output",Crude Oil 27,REFINERY NEWS: Delek US sees Q3 refinery utilization dip from record Q2 highs,Light Ends 28,"OIL FUTURES: Crude rallies as traders eye tighter US supply, global financial market stabilization",Crude Oil 29,"Prompt DFL, CFD contracts rally",Crude Oil 30,"REFINERY NEWS: Petroperú sees 2Q refined fuel sales drop 4.4% on year to 93,700 b/d",Middle Distillates 31,W&T Offshore nears close of new US Gulf of Mexico drilling joint venture,Crude Oil 32,"Imrproved efficiencies, continued M&A activity to drive growth for Permian Resources",Heavy Distillates 33,Mexico's Pemex to explore deposit adjacent to major onshore gas field Quesqui,Middle Distillates 34,REFINERY NEWS: Par Pacific reports softer south Rockies results as Midwest barrels spill into region,Middle Distillates 35,"Suncor sees improved H2 oil and gas output, completes major Q2 turnarounds",Middle Distillates 36,"Brazil's Petrobras, Espirito Santo state to study potential CCUS, hydrogen hubs",Middle Distillates 37,"Argentina raises biodiesel, ethanol prices for blending by 1.5% in August",Middle Distillates 38,Bolivia offers tax breaks to import equipment for biodiesel plants following fuel shortages,Light Ends 39,"US DATA: West Coast fuel oil stocks hit a six-week low, EIA says",Middle Distillates 40,Iraq’s SOMO cuts official selling prices for September-loading crude oil for Europe,Crude Oil 41,Nigeria's Dangote refinery plans to divest 12.75% stake: ratings agency,Middle Distillates 42,REFINERY NEWS: Kazakhstan's Atyrau processes 2.9 mil mt crude in H1,Middle Distillates 43,REFINERY NEWS: Thailand's IRPC reports Q2 utilization of 94%,Light Ends 44,DNO reports higher Q2 crude production in Iraq's Kurdish region,Crude Oil 45,"ADNOC L&S expects ‘strong rates’ in tankers, dry-bulk, containers in 2024",Crude Oil 46,WAF crude tanker rates hit 10-month lows amid sluggish inquiry levels,Crude Oil 47,Senegal's inaugural crude stream Sangomar to load 3.8 mil barrels in September,Crude Oil 48,China's July vegetable oil imports rise 3% on month as buyers replenish domestic stocks,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 49,CRUDE MOC: Middle East sour crude cash differentials rebound,Crude Oil 50,OIL FUTURES: Crude oil recovers as financial markets improve,Crude Oil 51,"Tullow sees rise in crude output, profits on-year in H1 2024",Crude Oil 52,Russia's Taman port June-July oil products throughput up 26% on year,Heavy Distillates 53,JAPAN DATA: Oil product exports rise 4.5% on week to 2.42 mil barrels,Crude Oil 54,REFINERY NEWS: Petro Rabigh to be upgraded after Aramco takes control,Crude Oil 55,Canada's ShaMaran closes acquisition of Atrush oil field,Crude Oil 56,CHINA DATA: July natural gas imports rise 5% on year to 10.9 mil mt,Light Ends 57,"OIL FUTURES: Crude stabilizes on technical bounce, supply uncertainty",Crude Oil 58,JAPAN DATA: Oil product stocks rise 0.8% on week to 55.32 mil barrels,Crude Oil 59,Japan cuts Aug 8-14 fuel subsidy by 21% as crude prices drop,Middle Distillates 60,JAPAN DATA: Refinery runs rise to 67% over July 28-Aug 3 on higher crude throughput,Light Ends 61,Asian reforming spread hits over two-year low as gasoline prices lag naphtha,Light Ends 62,Asia medium sulfur gasoil differential weakens as Indonesia demand tapers,Middle Distillates 63,"QatarEnergy raises Sep Land, Marine crude OSPs by 45-75 cents/b from Aug",Heavy Distillates 64,ADNOC sets Murban Sep OSP $1.28/b higher on month at $83.80/b,Heavy Distillates 65,"Diamondback Energy keeps pushing well drilling, completion efficiencies in Q2",Middle Distillates 66,"Genel Energy’s oil production from Tawke field increases to 19,510 b/d in 1H 2024",Middle Distillates 67,Longer laterals and higher well performance drive Rocky Mountain production: Oneok,Light Ends 68,US DOE seeks to buy 3.5 million barrels of crude for delivery to SPR in January 2025,Crude Oil 69,"FPSO Maria Quiteria arrives offshore Brazil, to reduce emissions: Petrobras",Middle Distillates 70,OIL FUTURES: Crude edges higher as market stabilizes amid Middle Eastern supply concerns,Crude Oil 71,"US EIA lowers 2024 oil price outlook by $2/b, but still predicts increases",Crude Oil 72,"Shell, BP to fund South Africa's Sapref refinery operations in government takeover",Light Ends 73,"Indian Oil cancels tender to build a 10,000 mt/yr renewable hydrogen plant",Light Ends 74,"Brazil's Prio July oil equivalent output falls 31.7% on maintenance, shuttered wells",Crude Oil 75,Eni follows Ivory Coast discoveries with four new licenses,Crude Oil 76,EU DATA: MY 2024-25 soybean meal imports rise 8% on year as of Aug 4,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 77,"Greek PPC to buy a 600 MW Romanian wind farm, portfolio from Macquarie-owned developer",Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 78,Vitol to take Italian refiner Saras private after acquiring 51% stake,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 79,Mediterranean sweet crude market shows muted response to Sharara shutdown,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 80,REFINERY NEWS: Vitol acquires 51% in Italian refiner Saras,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 81,Rotterdam LNG bunkers spread with VLSFO narrows to 2024 low,Light Ends 82,Argentina’s YPF finds buyers for 15 maturing conventional blocks as it focuses on Vaca Muerta,Heavy Distillates 83,REFINERY NEWS ROUNDUP: Nigerian plants in focus,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 84,"REFINERY NEWS: Valero shuts CDU, FCCU at McKee refinery for planned work",Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 85,Kazakhstan extends ban on oil products exports by truck for six months,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 86,Physical Hi-Lo spread hits 3 month high amid prompt LSFO demand,Heavy Distillates 87,CRUDE MOC: Middle East sour crude cash differentials slip to fresh lows,Crude Oil 88,"Nigeria launches new Utapate crude grade, first cargo heads to Spain",Crude Oil 89,REFINERY NEWS: Turkish Tupras Q2 output rises 15% on the quarter and year,Middle Distillates 90,"CHINA DATA: Independent refineries’ Iranian crude imports fall in July, ESPO inflows rebound",Crude Oil 91,Gunvor acquires TotalEnergies' 50% stake in Pakistan retail fuel business,Middle Distillates 92,INTERVIEW: Coal to remain a dominant power source in India: Menar MD,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 93,OIL FUTURES: Crude price holds steady as demand expectations cap gains,Crude Oil 94,Fujairah’s HSFO August HSFO ex-wharf premiums slip; stocks adequate,Heavy Distillates 95,JAPAN DATA: US crude imports more than double in March as Middle East dependency eases,Crude Oil 96,Dubai crude futures traded volume on TOCOM rebounds in July from record low,Crude Oil 97,Japan's spot electricity price retreats 8% as temperatures ease,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 98,"HONG KONG DATA: June oil product imports surge 32% on month to 226,475 barrels",Crude Oil 99,NextDecade signs contract with Bechtel to build Rio Grande LNG expansion,Light Ends 100,"Kosmos sees 2024 total output of 90,000 boe/d, despite Q2 operations thorns: CEO",Crude Oil 101,"Dated Brent reaches two-month low Aug. 5 as physical, derivatives prices slide on day",Middle Distillates 102,"Alaska North Slope crude output up in July, but long-term decline continues",Crude Oil 103,Balance-month DFL contract slips to seven-week low in bearish sign for physical crude fundamentals,Crude Oil 104,Iraqi Kurdistan officials order crackdown on illegal refineries over pollution,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 105,Rhine barge cargo navigation limits set to kick in amid dryer weather,Middle Distillates 106,Bolivia returns diesel supplies to normal following shortages,Middle Distillates 107,OCI optimistic about methanol demand driven by decarbonization efforts,Light Ends 108,Mitsubishi to supply turbine for 30% hydrogen co-firing in Malaysia power plant,Middle Distillates 109,ATLANTIC LNG: Key market indicators for Aug. 5-9,Light Ends 110,"Eurobob swap, gas-nap spread falls below 6-month low amid crude selloff",Light Ends 111,EMEA PETROCHEMICALS: Key market indicators for Aug 5-9,Light Ends 112,EMEA LIGHT ENDS: Key market indicators for Aug 5 – 9,Light Ends 113,EUROPE AND AFRICA RESIDUAL AND MARINE FUEL: Key market indicators Aug 5-9,Heavy Distillates 114,TURKEY DATA: June crude flows via BTC pipeline up 8.1% on month,Crude Oil 115,EMEA AGRICULTURE: Key market indicators for Aug 5–9,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 116,OIL FUTURES: Crude oil faces downward pressure amid wider weakness in financial markets,Crude Oil 117,Woodside to acquire OCI’s low carbon ammonia project with CO2 capture in US,Middle Distillates 118,Maire secures feasibility study for sustainable aviation fuel project in Indonesia,Middle Distillates 119,CRUDE MOC: Middle East sour crude cash differentials plunge on risk-off sentiment,Middle Distillates 120,"Zhoushan LSFO storage availability rises for 3rd month in Aug, hits record high",Middle Distillates 121,Oil storage in Russia's Rostov region hit by drone strike,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 122,WAF TRACKING: Nigerian crude exports to Netherlands top 5-year high in July,Crude Oil 123,"Vietnam’s Hai Linh receives license to import, export LNG",Light Ends 124,Japan's Idemitsu could restart Tokuyama steam cracker on Aug 11,Light Ends 125,Indonesia's biodiesel output up 12% in H1 on increased domestic mandates: APROBI,Middle Distillates 126,CHINA DATA: Independent refiners' July feedstocks imports hit 3-month low at 3.65 mil b/d,Light Ends 127,"Singapore’s Aug ex-wharf term LSFO premiums rise, demand moderate",Heavy Distillates 128,"OIL FUTURES: Crude slumps as market volatility rages on recession, Middle East risks",Crude Oil 129,Pakistan's HSFO exports nearly triple as focus shifts to cheaper power sources,Heavy Distillates 130,"TAIWAN DATA: June oil products demand falls 3% on month to 758,139 b/d",Light Ends 131,REFINERY NEWS: Japan's Cosmo restarts No. 1 Chiba CDU after glitches,Crude Oil 132,ASIA PETROCHEMICALS: Key market indicators for Aug 5-9,Light Ends 133,DME Oman crude futures traded volume rises for seventh straight month in July,Crude Oil 134,ICE front-month Singapore gasoline swaps open interest rises 14.6% on month in July,Light Ends 135,ASIA OCTANE: Key market indicators for Aug 5-9,Light Ends 136,ICE Dubai crude futures July total traded volume rises 11.4% on month,Crude Oil 137,"Lower-than-expected Aramco Sep OSPs a nod to weak Asian market, OPEC+ cut unwind",Crude Oil 138,ASIA CRUDE OIL: Key market indicators for Aug 5-8,Crude Oil 139,ASIA LIGHT ENDS: Key market indicators for Aug 5-8,Light Ends 140,China fuel oil quotas decline seen supporting Q3 LSFO premiums in Zhoushan,Middle Distillates 141,South Korea's short-term diesel demand under pressure on e-commerce firms' bankruptcy,Middle Distillates 142,ICE front-month Singapore 10 ppm gasoil swap open interest rebounds 2% on month in July,Middle Distillates 143,Saudi Aramco maintains or raises Asia-bound Sep crude OSPs by 10-20 cents/b,Crude Oil 144,ASIA MIDDLE DISTILLATES: Key market indicators for Aug 5-8,Middle Distillates 145,ICE front-month Singapore HSFO open interest rises 19.6% on month in July,Heavy Distillates 146,REFINERY NEWS: Fort Energy at Fujairah ‘remains operational’,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 147,Container ship Groton attacked near Yemen amid growing Middle East security risks,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics 148,Oil depot in Russia’s Belgorod region hit by drone strike,Macroeconomic & Geopolitics