U.S Exporting Oil To UAE

[3rdnlng]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-06/u-s-oil-heads-to-middle-east-in-latest-sign-of-shale-s-spread

 

The United Arab Emirates, a model Persian Gulf petro-state where endless billions from crude exports feed a giant sovereign wealth fund, isn’t the most obvious customer for Texan oil.

 

 

Yet, in a trade that illustrates how the rise of the American shale industry is upending energy markets across the globe, the U.A.E. bought oil directly from the U.S. in December, according to data from the federal government. A tanker sailed from Houston and arrived in the Persian Gulf last month.

 

 

The cargo of American condensate, a type of very light crude oil, was preferred to regional grades because its superior quality made more suitable for the U.A.E’s processing plants, a person with knowledge of the matter said, asking not to be identified discussing a commercially sensitive matter.

 

 

 

 

“As a member of OPEC and a large crude producer, I would imagine they would be very self-sufficient in their own crude supply,” said Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates LLC. The purchases of U.S. oil aren’t likely to continue, given the U.A.E.’s own supply, Lipow said.

 

 

The end of a ban on U.S. exports in 2015 coupled with the explosive growth of shale production, has changed the flow of petroleum around the world. Shipments from U.S. ports have increased from a little more than 100,000 barrels a day in 2013 to 1.53 million in November, traveling as far as China and the U.K.

 

The U.S. exported about 700,000 barrels of light domestic crude in December to the U.A.E., the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. While Energy Information Administration data show it’s the fourth-largest OPEC producer’s first cargo of U.S. oil, Adnoc said in July it purchased condensate from the U.S. for September delivery. Although it exports more than two million barrels a day, the Middle Eastern country typically imports extra-light condensate to process in a unit known as a splitter.

With rising crude exports and already booming overseas sales of refined petroleum products such as gasoline, the U.S. net oil imports have plunged to below 3 million barrels a day, the lowest since data available starting 45 years ago, compared with more than 12 million barrels a day in 2006. The U.S. could become a net petroleum exporter by 2029, the EIA said this week.

[keepthefaith]

Interesting.  They're checking out the competition?  They had a gap in their supply to fill?  Frankly I'm not a fan of exporting such an important commodity with a finite supply.

 

Fiji water years ago put limits on their mineral water exports as the brand was getting very big and forecasts put the ongoing supply at some risk. 

[3rdnlng]

5 minutes ago, keepthefaith said:

Interesting.  They're checking out the competition?  They had a gap in their supply to fill?  Frankly I'm not a fan of exporting such an important commodity with a finite supply.

 

Fiji water years ago put limits on their mineral water exports as the brand was getting very big and forecasts put the ongoing supply at some risk. 

From my link:

 

The cargo of American condensate, a type of very light crude oil, was preferred to regional grades because its superior quality made more suitable for the U.A.E’s processing plants, a person with knowledge of the matter said, asking not to be identified discussing a commercially sensitive matter.

[Koko78]

I'm guessing they made more profit off of buying our crude to process and resell than to refine and sell the lesser-quality crude they extract.

[3rdnlng]

2 minutes ago, Koko78 said:

I'm guessing they made more profit off of buying our crude to process and resell than to refine and sell the lesser-quality crude they extract.

The cargo of American condensate, a type of very light crude oil, was preferred to regional grades because its superior quality made more suitable for the U.A.E’s processing plants, a person with knowledge of the matter said, asking not to be identified discussing a commercially sensitive matter.

[Koko78]

5 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said:

The cargo of American condensate, a type of very light crude oil, was preferred to regional grades because its superior quality made more suitable for the U.A.E’s processing plants, a person with knowledge of the matter said, asking not to be identified discussing a commercially sensitive matter.

 

Thus my guess...

[DC Tom]

This happens all the time.  Oil exporting countries have a glut of certain types of petroleum products, and a dearth of others.  It is no big deal whatsoever, unless you're a complete moron that thinks oil is oil is oil is oil...

 

"Oil" doesn't go from well head to refinery to end user.  It's cracked, blended, shipped, trans-shipped, re-cracked and re-blended, re-shipped.  The petroleum distribution network isn't point-to-point, it's an interconnected web.  Which is why, when Iranian oil production shuts down, American gas prices go up, even though we don't import oil from Iran.

[KD in CA]

2 hours ago, DC Tom said:

This happens all the time.  Oil exporting countries have a glut of certain types of petroleum products, and a dearth of others.  It is no big deal whatsoever, unless you're a complete moron that thinks oil is oil is oil is oil...

 

"Oil" doesn't go from well head to refinery to end user.  It's cracked, blended, shipped, trans-shipped, re-cracked and re-blended, re-shipped.  The petroleum distribution network isn't point-to-point, it's an interconnected web.  Which is why, when Iranian oil production shuts down, American gas prices go up, even though we don't import oil from Iran.

 

I thought it was always because of "Bush's oil buddies"

[/dev/null]

6 hours ago, KD in CA said:

 

I thought it was always because of "Bush's oil buddies"

Haliburton!

9 hours ago, DC Tom said:

It is no big deal whatsoever, unless you're a complete moron that thinks oil is oil is oil is oil...

Or all chicken wings are Buffalo wings

[GG]

2 minutes ago, /dev/null said:

Haliburton!

You forgot the squak!