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New decline in refined product output in Venezuela in 2017.
2017 refined oil products production growth (1.4%) overtook its long-term trend (1%)
As in 2016, the 2017 growth was driven by Asia – China and India accounted for more than 60% of the increase in refined oil products production – and by the Middle-East, especially Saudi Arabia and Iran. Production also rose in South Korea (dynamic demand) but contracted in Japan (declining oil product consumption).
In the United States, the largest producer of petroleum product worldwide, oil product production rose for the fifth year in a row and reached a record in 2017. It also grew in Canada, but fell in Mexico and Venezuela, where crude oil production contracted.
Production remained stable in Russia.
Petroleum product production rebounded in the European Union, in line with rising consumption, despite recent refinery closures over the past years in Europe combined with the willingness of Middle East countries to refine crude oil locally and low refining costs in North America.
Global Energy Trends, 2018 edition
Based on its 2017 data for G20 countries, Enerdata analyses the trends in the world energy markets.
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