According to Mike Muller, Vice President of Crude Trading & Supply at Shell Trading, the soaring
diesel fuel demand and the buying of crude oil to fill strategic reserves have been the key drivers of this year's higher oil demand growth.
Not exact matches
«The energy market is changing more rapidly than we could have imagined, and it's changing because the costs of competitive
fuels are coming down,» says Simon Flowers, chief analyst at Wood Mackenzie, who predicts global
demand for gasoline and
diesel fuel will peak as early as a decade from now and «certainly» by 2030.
High
demand for
diesel and home heating
fuel in particular means refineries are willing to pay more for crude oil, said Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis at Oil Price Information Service.
NEW YORK Prices for jet
fuel have strengthened relative to
diesel and gasoline prices and should keep climbing on strong
demand for air travel
fueled by global economic growth, analysts said.
NEW YORK, April 20 Prices for heating oil and
diesel fuel traded on the U.S. East Coast are scaling multimonth highs, bolstered by unusually cold weather across the country and a surge in export
demand, particularly from Brazil and Canada.
NEW YORK, April 12 Prices for jet
fuel have strengthened relative to
diesel and gasoline prices and should keep climbing on strong
demand for air travel
fueled by global economic growth, analysts said.
Meanwhile, Beijing has suspended exports of
diesel fuel indefinitely in anticipation of surging domestic
fuel demand during the coming peak summer season.
With
demand likely to keep growing, Michael Dei - Michei, head of research at JBC Energy in Vienna, Austria, said jet
fuel will more frequently outprice
diesel and at times gasoline.
NEW YORK (Reuters)- Prices for jet
fuel have strengthened relative to
diesel and gasoline prices and should keep climbing on strong
demand for air travel
fueled by global economic growth, analysts said.
Europe, where nearly 50 per cent of vehicles are
fuelled by
diesel, is home to the global benchmark for
diesel prices and the biggest storage hub for the road
fuel as regional refineries are unable to meet local
demand.
Caltex Australia has its eye on more Asian investments and supply contracts as it looks to take advantage of the skills in its Ampol
fuel sourcing and trading business and prepares for an expected peaking of local
demand for petrol and
diesel in 10 to 15 years.
This year's flood of new
diesels (from Audi, BMW, Chrysler, General Motors and Mercedes - Benz) illustrates the need for automakers to take unconventional steps to comply with pending
fuel - economy mandates in the U.S. while meeting continued heavy
demand for
diesels in Europe.
Demand for the
fuel will rise, but supply may be hampered because the U.S. does not have many refineries for
diesel fuel.
Now, Lexus says that although it remains committed to hybrid technology, there's a good chance it will introduce a
diesel -
fuelled LX in response to strong
demand.
Focused on meeting a growing customer
demand for «downsized» engines offering strong power with reduced
fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, the new gasoline and
diesel powertrains are being progressively introduced across the Opel product range.
New Power Stroke 3L
diesel is super quiet, has great low - end torque and is a
fuel saver on
demand.
Moreover, the uncertainty towards
diesel cars in the past months and the disparity between petrol and
diesel fuel prices have further prompted automakers to shift towards providing petrol options, the
demand for which has been growing once again.
In addition to the ultra-frugal petrol and
diesel engines, the intelligent lightweight construction concept, optimised aerodynamics and other measures including the Auto Start - Stop function, Brake Energy Regeneration, Optimum Shift Indicator and on -
demand operation of ancillary components, ensure that the powerful BMW 3 Series Touring also boasts impressively low
fuel consumption and emissions.
When Maruti Suzuki was developing the Vitara Brezza, this segment was skewed towards
diesel but with the reduction in price gap between the two popular
fuels,
demand for petrol cars has started to soar again.
Unimpressive
diesel acceleration when passing; large turning circle
demands ample maneuvering room; tiny
diesel exhaust fluid tank requires more frequent attention; modest 26 - gallon
fuel tank with no upgrade available; alternative cab and bed configurations still months away.
The intent of this solicitation is to encourage production of alternative and renewable transportation
fuels such as biomethane, renewable gasoline and
diesel substitutes in California that can significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and petroleum
fuel demand, and stimulate economic development in the state.
Gasoline - and
diesel -
fueled sport utility vehicles now dominate world car
demand, growing to 34 percent of vehicle sales in 2017.
Fossil
Fuel is a generic term that isn't quite correct Natural Gasoline is a distilled derivative of oil but almost all ofit is manufactured from cracked and recombined oil derivativeswhile natural gasoline is further refined intoPropane, butane, Proproline (a plastics feed stock), and Natural gasand also separates out sulfur (for fertilizer and explosives) Gasoline can be made from coal («Coaline») or from organic matter («Bio-fuel») but uses a few of oil based feed stocks instead tomake «Sythiline» (artificial gasoline) This gasoline is actually cleaner burning then natural gas with allit's «flare offs» (butane, propane, propoline, sulfur) used in theearly 19th century because it is manufactured only with essentialHydrocarbons Diesel fuel is also becoming more and more Manufactured instead ofdistilled as demand for it rises but improvements in Hydro cleaningis allowing for diesel with no volatile chemicals like sulfur andmercury (taken out for petro - chemical feedstock to make fertilizerand thermometers) In both cases what you have is pure hydro - carbons, a carbon atomwith hydrogen atoms attached to it In the case of gasoline there is CH1, cH7, CH11 When in a combustion engine the gasoline is sprayed into the pistonafter being mixed with air and the drive of the engine compressesthe the chamber filled with the gasoline mist until it's full downstoke then the spark plug causes the Exothermic reaction... which isthe conversion of the potential energy in the gasoline mist to heatand force, with the force side of that equation shooting the pistonupward and the top of the stroke kicking what's left of thecaramelized gasoline mist out into the Emission control box If the Emulsion control box wasn't there to filter out the burntgasoline particles, any potential additives and volatile chemicalsthen the caramelized gunk hitting air would create CARBON MONOXIDEin the cooler then the heat of the engine difference CARBON MONOXIDE can also become a problem if the Emissions controlBox filter, air filters or muffler filters is worn or dama
Fuel is a generic term that isn't quite correct Natural Gasoline is a distilled derivative of oil but almost all ofit is manufactured from cracked and recombined oil derivativeswhile natural gasoline is further refined intoPropane, butane, Proproline (a plastics feed stock), and Natural gasand also separates out sulfur (for fertilizer and explosives) Gasoline can be made from coal («Coaline») or from organic matter («Bio-
fuel») but uses a few of oil based feed stocks instead tomake «Sythiline» (artificial gasoline) This gasoline is actually cleaner burning then natural gas with allit's «flare offs» (butane, propane, propoline, sulfur) used in theearly 19th century because it is manufactured only with essentialHydrocarbons Diesel fuel is also becoming more and more Manufactured instead ofdistilled as demand for it rises but improvements in Hydro cleaningis allowing for diesel with no volatile chemicals like sulfur andmercury (taken out for petro - chemical feedstock to make fertilizerand thermometers) In both cases what you have is pure hydro - carbons, a carbon atomwith hydrogen atoms attached to it In the case of gasoline there is CH1, cH7, CH11 When in a combustion engine the gasoline is sprayed into the pistonafter being mixed with air and the drive of the engine compressesthe the chamber filled with the gasoline mist until it's full downstoke then the spark plug causes the Exothermic reaction... which isthe conversion of the potential energy in the gasoline mist to heatand force, with the force side of that equation shooting the pistonupward and the top of the stroke kicking what's left of thecaramelized gasoline mist out into the Emission control box If the Emulsion control box wasn't there to filter out the burntgasoline particles, any potential additives and volatile chemicalsthen the caramelized gunk hitting air would create CARBON MONOXIDEin the cooler then the heat of the engine difference CARBON MONOXIDE can also become a problem if the Emissions controlBox filter, air filters or muffler filters is worn or dama
fuel») but uses a few of oil based feed stocks instead tomake «Sythiline» (artificial gasoline) This gasoline is actually cleaner burning then natural gas with allit's «flare offs» (butane, propane, propoline, sulfur) used in theearly 19th century because it is manufactured only with essentialHydrocarbons
Diesel fuel is also becoming more and more Manufactured instead ofdistilled as demand for it rises but improvements in Hydro cleaningis allowing for diesel with no volatile chemicals like sulfur andmercury (taken out for petro - chemical feedstock to make fertilizerand thermometers) In both cases what you have is pure hydro - carbons, a carbon atomwith hydrogen atoms attached to it In the case of gasoline there is CH1, cH7, CH11 When in a combustion engine the gasoline is sprayed into the pistonafter being mixed with air and the drive of the engine compressesthe the chamber filled with the gasoline mist until it's full downstoke then the spark plug causes the Exothermic reaction... which isthe conversion of the potential energy in the gasoline mist to heatand force, with the force side of that equation shooting the pistonupward and the top of the stroke kicking what's left of thecaramelized gasoline mist out into the Emission control box If the Emulsion control box wasn't there to filter out the burntgasoline particles, any potential additives and volatile chemicalsthen the caramelized gunk hitting air would create CARBON MONOXIDEin the cooler then the heat of the engine difference CARBON MONOXIDE can also become a problem if the Emissions controlBox filter, air filters or muffler filters is worn or dama
fuel is also becoming more and more Manufactured instead ofdistilled as
demand for it rises but improvements in Hydro cleaningis allowing for
diesel with no volatile chemicals like sulfur andmercury (taken out for petro - chemical feedstock to make fertilizerand thermometers) In both cases what you have is pure hydro - carbons, a carbon atomwith hydrogen atoms attached to it In the case of gasoline there is CH1, cH7, CH11 When in a combustion engine the gasoline is sprayed into the pistonafter being mixed with air and the drive of the engine compressesthe the chamber filled with the gasoline mist until it's full downstoke then the spark plug causes the Exothermic reaction... which isthe conversion of the potential energy in the gasoline mist to heatand force, with the force side of that equation shooting the pistonupward and the top of the stroke kicking what's left of thecaramelized gasoline mist out into the Emission control box If the Emulsion control box wasn't there to filter out the burntgasoline particles, any potential additives and volatile chemicalsthen the caramelized gunk hitting air would create CARBON MONOXIDEin the cooler then the heat of the engine difference CARBON MONOXIDE can also become a problem if the Emissions controlBox filter, air filters or muffler filters is worn or damaged.
A surge in electric vehicle sales and higher efficiency in internal combustion and jet engines are expected to slow
demand growth for
fuels such as gasoline,
diesel and aviation
fuel in the coming decades, potentially putting pressure on refining profits.
A mid-range estimate of biomass supply, plus technology advances to produce advanced
fuels which would look much like today's gasoline,
diesel and jet
fuel, is likely to meet only half the
demand for
fuel in 2050.
«This
demand has nothing to do with the benefit of biodiesel for the environment, but with its capacity to allow a correct function of
diesel engines when sulfur is eliminated from the mineral
fuel».
Despite
demand being down somewhat, motor
fuel (excluding
diesel)
demand is still running at 141 billion gallons over the past 52 weeks (per the EIA's motor
fuel stats)?
Though not mentioned in the original piece, I suspect that the fact Brazil's domestic
diesel refineries can not meet
demand and the
fuel has to be imported may also play into Amryis» long - term thinking on this.
«Global
demand increases are probably the major part of the explanation for the large increases in the prices of copper, aluminum and
diesel fuel,» says Simonson.