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News	Kokel, Nicolas 2025/06/01 11:20 AM Gruppo API Global Energy Giants Vie for Control of Italiana Petroli in Landmark Italian Refining Deal Gruppo API (Italiana Petroli) Fuel Station Italiana Petroli (IP), a leading Italian oil refiner and fuel distributor, is currently the subject of a competitive bidding process involving three major international groups: Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR, Swiss commodity trader Gunvor, and the Abu Dhabi-based Bin Butti Group. Final offers for the company are expected by the end of May 2025, with SOCAR and Gunvor seen as the main contenders due to their longer involvement in the process, while Bin Butti joined more recently and is considered less likely to win. IP, owned by the Brachetti Peretti family, operates around 4,600 fuel stations and manages a refining capacity of about 200,000 barrels per day, making it one of Europe’s largest private refining and fuel retail groups. Its main assets include the Ancona refinery (focused on bitumen), the SARPOM refinery in Trecate (producing fuels and jet fuel), and a tolling agreement for the Alma refinery in Ravenna. The company is valued between €2.3 and €2.5 billion, reflecting strong financials with nearly €500 million in core profit and over €400 million in net cash at the end of 2024. The sale comes amid significant changes in the European refining sector, with private investors increasingly selling to commodity traders and state-backed companies. The winner of the IP auction will gain control over a vast network of fuel stations and significant refining capacity, which could influence fuel supply and pricing in Italy and the region. SOCAR’s bid would strengthen Azerbaijan’s presence in the European energy market, while Gunvor aims to expand from trading into full-scale refining and distribution. The outcome of this sale is expected to have a major impact on the structure of Europe’s refining industry as it adapts to new market and regulatory pressures. #gunvor #socar #italianapetroli #gruppoapi #refinery #ancona #ravenna #alma #fuels #fuelstations #jetfuel #bitumen
News	Kokel, Nicolas 2024/12/22 11:38 AM Crude Oil India overtakes China as principal driver of oil consumption in 2024 Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, December 2024. India has emerged as the leading source of growth in global oil consumption in 2024 and 2025, overtaking China this year, EIA reports. China’s oil consumption grew by more than India’s in almost every year from 1998 through 2023, with China’s oil consumption regularly growing more than any other country during those years. Over 2024 and 2025, India accounts for 25% of total oil consumption growth globally. EIA expects an increase of 0.9 million barrels per day (b/d) in global consumption of liquid fuels in 2024 and even more growth in 2025, with global oil consumption increasing by 1.3 million b/d. Driven by rising demand for transportation fuels and fuels for home cooking, consumption of liquid fuels in India is forecast to increase by 220,000 b/d in 2024 and by 330,000 b/d in 2025. That growth is the most of any country in each of the years. China’s liquid fuels consumption is expected to grow by 90,000 b/d in 2024 before increasing by 250,000 b/d in 2025. In China, rapidly expanding electric vehicle ownership, rising use of liquefied natural gas for trucking goods, a declining population, and decelerating economic growth have limited consumption growth for transportation fuels. Most of the growth in China is the result of increasing oil use for manufacturing petrochemicals. Although India’s growth in percentage and volume terms exceeds China’s growth in the forecast, China still consumes significantly more oil. Total consumption of liquid fuels in India was 5.3 million b/d in 2023, while China consumed more than triple that amount at 16.4 million b/d in 2023, based on December estimates. Read our oil demand forecast to 2050. #fuels #petrochemicals #electricvehicles #crudeoil #naturalgas #lng #liquidfuels #china #india
Updates	Kokel, Nicolas 2024/12/15 09:24 AM IRPC Refinery IRPC integrated complex mass balance initialized. IRPC integrated complex mass balance has been initialized. #irpc #refinery #rayong #crudeoil #olefins #aromatics #petrochemicals #petroleum #fuels
Updates	Kokel, Nicolas 2024/10/01 11:57 AM Petroineos Trading Petroineos Trading Limited added. Petroineos Trading Limited has been added and parent companies identified. #petroineos #trading #fuels #ineos #petrochina
Updates	Kokel, Nicolas 2024/10/01 11:31 AM Petroineos Fuels Ltd Petroineos Fuels Ltd. added. Petroineos Fuels Ltd. has been added and parent identified. #petroineos #fuels #ineos #petrochina #refining

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