Refining & Marketing

Navigate the refined oil product markets with confidence

Understand changing dynamics in the oil refining and marketing value chain around the world with S&P Global refining and marketing insight, data and analysis.

As the globalization of the refining industry continues to accelerate, downstream players need to make strategic long and short-term decisions. Our Refining and Marketing service provides the analytical view on developments in the downstream sector needed to make sound investment decisions.

Country-level supply/demand projections for oil products and assets allow you to identify market conditions conducive to future investment. Understand the relationship between refinery capacity and rationalizations by unit; crude and feedstock qualities; throughput and utilization rates; and trade balances between regions by product streams. Retail motor fuel volumes and distribution, vehicle fleet, economic overview and oil logistics complete this detailed view of the refining and marketing value chain.

Strategic planners, business development professionals and investment decisions makers use our Refining and Marketing service to:

Evaluate policy decisions and their economic impact in the markets where they do business
Compare retail and refining performance with peers and competitors
Master refined product supply and demand fundamentals, globally and regionally
Make long-term investment decisions in new capacity and infrastructure
Assess the impacts of product flows, refinery economics and pricing on refined product markets

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What's Included

Reports and Analysis

Refining & Marketing Annual Strategic Workbook: Forecast analysis, dataset to 2050, global/regional supply/ demand/trade
Quarterly Long-Term Outlook: Global/regional refined product price and margin forecast analysis and datasets to 2050
Monthly Short-Term Outlook: Two-year monthly price/ margin forecast analysis and dataset global/ regional products
Downstream Country Profiles (145+ countries): Downstream value chain analysis including supply/demand, refining, logistics, retail, regulations/taxes, economic environment
Multiple weekly updates covering global refining indicators, US EIA stats, refined product margin and crude differentials
Insights & Strategic Reports: Ad hoc analysis of critical global and regional refined product markets

Data/Tools

Global Refineries Tool: Includes 1) existing refinery location, ownership and capacities by unit, on a historic and forecasted basis, and 2) refinery investment projects
Gasoline & Diesel Demand, Prices & Margins: Demand for 43 countries, retail prices/margins for 57 countries
Data visualization & browsing tool access: Global/regional and price/supply/ trade data

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Access to Energy experts: Our 650+ energy analysts serve a client base comprised of virtually every major energy company, top institutional and investment managers and the world's leading commercial and investment banks. This diversity allows our analysts the opportunity to bring multiple views together and develop unique insights on the energy sector. Analysts are available exclusively to our clients to discuss and share their research.

Invitations to select member-only events including regular webcasts.

Connect: Our state-of-the-art business intelligence platform brings together our industry analysis, in-depth market research, technical information and forecasts with robust analytic capabilities transforming complex, multidimensional information and analysis into actionable insights.

Geographic Modules

Build on the global base module with additional geographic modules to match your needs. Currently available geographies:

Global Fundamentals (Base Module)
North America
Latin America
Europe/CIS/Africa
Asia and Middle East
Refining & Marketing Suite (all 5 modules, also available in other combined suites)

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