@countdraghula@JavierBlas For the right price they could do it from Saudi Arabia alone. Regardless, Javier is saying they simply reduced demand by shifting to coal feedstocks for olefin production. China has subsidized coal to olefin projects since 2010. Given a Taiwan - induced oil embargo, seems smart.
@Rory_Johnston Couldn't this just be lagging indicators of the refined products ban? If they stopped exports of refined products, refinery run volumes would decline. If the market decided to fire up coal-fed chemical plants instead of oil-fed due to feedstock prices, that is demand destruction.
@countdraghula@JavierBlas Are you saying China can't buy the oil leaving terminals in Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, US, Canada, Russia, Norway, etc? They are lifting restrictions on exports for refined products. Clearly they don't have an issue finding supplies of crude.
@Rory_Johnston assuming the article is correct, this is another 3.5MBBD of demand destruction. Have you seen this information? Would move 11.5MBBD of disruption to 8 MBBD.
COLUMN: China is quietly slashing oil imports, an invisible hand that's rebalancing the market in the middle of the Hormuz closure.
(The shift has not only capped benchmark oil prices, but also triggered a collapse in physical differentials)
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@JavierBlas@countdraghula Count is missing the point. China has apparently done 3.5 mbbd of import demand destruction without impacting inventories. Countries naturally reduce imports as prices drive consumption down, but China is pulling levers not previously understood.
@TheStalwart No, it's still "on" tech company for building something so susceptible to external influence. If your amazing invention can't handle being exposed to information hazards, it's a bad invention.
@EWErickson We all know shoestring companies are completely unaffected by a tripling of their marginal costs(jet fuel) with no way to increase their revenues(previously sold tickets). Everything is caused by policies from the previous administration.