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The Officials: Tighten your belts, Chinese refiners

13 March 2025: 08:30 GMT

April allocations are here and they are down bad. Total allocations fell to 36.5 mil bbl – the lowest since December’s allocations! Unipec was among those having to tighten its belt, with its allocation halved from March to just 3 mil bbl. Remember they were getting 14.5 mil bbl in October! A cut even Elon Musk would be impressed by – but maybe he’s not been as successful as he would have liked… Read more on page 2! Meanwhile, PetroChina and CNOOC were the only recipients granted a larger allocation, up by 1 mil bbl and 2 mil bbl, respectively. Hengli’s allocation was slashed from 5 mil bbl to just 2 mil bbl.

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The Officials Benchmark Publication is updated twice every trading day. The Officials' podcast is released each Tuesday on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.