Vortexa Market Insights – International Energy (IE) Week 2024
Online registration for this event closed on Friday, 23 February 2024. On-site registration will be available on the day of the event (subject to capacity).
Vortexa are delighted to invite you to join our Market Insights event, taking place during International Energy (IE) week on Tuesday, 27 February 2024 at London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square.
Join us for Vortexa analyst highlights with Chief Economist David Wech and the Vortexa analyst team, followed by drinks, canapés and networking.
Presentation topics will include:
– A saga of sanctioned flows and dark vessels
– Americas Focus – what to expect from the biggest marginal supplier in 2024
– East of Suez: key insights into Middle East, China and the rest of Asia
– Best of Vortexa – What you need to know about the latest market trends
Agenda:
15:00 Doors open, registration and networking
15:30 A saga of sanctioned flows and dark vessels
Presented by Armen Azizian and Mary Melton
Export levels and changes in destinations for Russia, Iran and Venezuela
How have western bans on Russian crude and product impacted the opaque fleet?
How successful has the opaque fleet been in helping Russia export crude and product?
How has the opaque fleet changed in response to rising Iranian crude exports?
What’s been the impact on freight of Venezuelan sanctions being temporarily waived?
16:00 Americas Focus – what to expect from the biggest marginal supplier in 2024
Presented by Pamela Munger, Rohit Rathod, and Jake Weiss
US hydrocarbon exports – change in volumes, loading ports, destinations and the fleet
TransMountain pipeline impact on flow and shipping
Challenges for the US refining industry
Central & South American crude export perspectives
Americas demand and import dynamics
16:30 East of Suez: key insights into Middle East, China and the rest of Asia
Presented by Emma Li, Serena Huang and Jay Maroo
Trends in China crude imports and inventories and their implication and outlook
What to expect from government regulations & import and export expectations
Aspects of domestic demand and refining operations
Wider Asian implied refining operations and crude import demand
Arbitrage picture in and out of wider Singapore market
Amid Saudi production cuts, how have other key regional exporters responded?
Growing role of Middle Eastern product exports
How successful has the ramp up in Middle East downstream capacity been
17:00 Break
17:15 Best of Vortexa – What you need to know about the latest market trends
Led by Vortexa Chief Economist David Wech
What do Vortexa demand indicators tell about oil demand momentum?
Crude flows and inventories – is the market tightening or lengthening?
Flows and refinery operations – latest insights for key product markets
LPG & LNG highlights & repercussions on core oil markets
Freight intelligence & logistical challenges – perspectives on flows and vessel operations
18:15 Networking reception with drinks and canapés
21:00 Event closes
*Timings subject to change.
