Downstream

Capture untapped opportunity in the downstream sector

Expand your view of downstream market dynamics with regional refining-market perspectives and scenario-based outlooks on crude and product prices, margins, balances, and flows. Our integrated offerings uncover the key drivers and trends shaping downstream oil markets, and our in-depth global and regional outlooks and custom analysis provide you with the insights you need to make informed, forward-looking decisions in the downstream sector.

Our tools

Global Downstream Model

The Global Downstream Model forecasts crude and product flows, refined-product supply and demand, and refining utilizations.

Refinery Reference Desk

Expand your understanding of the downstream sector with the Refinery Reference Desk, a comprehensive resource that explains industry terminology and concepts.

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OilDesk

OilDesk provides scenario-based crude and product-price outlooks based on refining economics.

Our research

Refining in the energy transition through 2040

November 3, 2022 -

The size of the global refining industry varies dramatically across different energy transition scenarios by 2040. Assumptions on electric-vehicle penetration, policy commitments, and rationalization behavior are key drivers of the difference in outcomes.

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Mobility Retail insights

What it will take to be successful in new mobility

What it will take to become a successful new mobility retailer

July 5, 2021 -

Optimize the core mobility-retail business through digital, analytics, innovative convenience offerings, and capturing e-mobility opportunities.

What are the trends disrupting the fuel-retail industry?

June 7, 2021 -

By 2030, the fuel value pool will only represent 59 percent of the total in developed markets, but it will still be more than 80 percent in most developing countries.