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Yet gasoline growth may weaken in coming years if new car sales
slow. China is tightening fuel-efficiency standards to fight pollution
from vehicles, which may also slow growth in demand for oil.
Australia steps up among worlds top LNG exporters
Australia, which displaced Malaysia as the biggest LNG exporter in
the Asia-Pacific region this year, is poised to surpass Qatar for the No.
1 spot worldwide by 2018, thanks to a wave of seven projects coming
online in the next two years.
Drillsearch and Beach are among E&Ps hedging their downside risks.
Australias shale-gas exploration, still in its early stages, is no longer
a priority for companies that once hoped to repeat North Americas
success with fracking.
Asia-Pacific refining & marketing 2016 outlook
Asia-Pac refining industry benefits from cheap oil
Cheap oil benefits Asia-Pacific refiners because it lowers feedstock
costs. Refining margins, determined by the difference between
the cost for a basket of refined products vs. crude, have improved.
In contrast, cheap oil has eroded margins at upstream oil and gas
companies.
China has expanded its refining capacity in the past five years
while the industry in Australia and Japan is shrinking. The pace of
expansion in China may slow, as the country focuses on fuel quality to
fight pollution.
China refining to see slower growth, cleaner fuel
The growth of Chinas refining industry is likely to slow during the
next five years from the 8.3% CAGR achieved in the past five years.
Rapid capacity expansion and the economys shift away from heavy
industries have made China a net exporter of major refined oil
products such as gasoline, diesel and kerosene.