East of Suez Service

Monthly intelligence analysis on the key trends shaping East of Suez oil pricing activity

Overview

Whether you are involved in physical trading, hedging or refinery risk management, REA’s East of Suez service provides a one-stop shop which provides a complete view of spot trading, pricing activity and fundamentals in the East of Suez oil market. The Service provides a comprehensive analysis of Dubai partials activity, exchange-based oil activity, OTC trades, benchmark analysis and key trends in term and spot trading across the region. REA also examines trends across various National Oil Companies (NOCs) in the Middle East, including OSP pricing analysis, tenders, allocation to term lifters and shifts in regional fundamentals (demand, supply, inventories and pricing strategy).

Our Benefits

Keep track of oil fundamentals, refining developments and physical pricing in the world’s most important pricing hub

Fundamentals

REA tracks country crude balances across the Middle East and Asia

Trading activity

REA tracks physical spot deals to provide a forward-looking view of trade flow shifts

Crude valuations

REA works with decision-makers to compare crudes, understand valuations and spot trading opportunities

Deep Dive

REA provides clients with regular deep dive market commentary to unpack complex developments in the monthly oil pricing cycle.

Saudi Aramco allocations to Chinese term clients (mb) and Arab Light Asia OSP versus Dubai/Oman (US$/b)

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Dubai window convergences by grade (monthly trade date)

Highlights from our latest issue:

  • Middle East crude flows and Brent-Dubai pricing 
  • ADNOC and the STS playbook
  • Iraq joins the STS club: SOMO and Basrah’s repricing for Sept-loading cargoes
  • Is there a crude and products disconnect?

Deliverables

Subscribers to REA’s East of Suez service receive several deliverables each month, including
Monthly report
Clients receive a pdf report focused on all the key developments shaping East of Suez crude pricing dynamics. Allocations and OTC spot data: clients receive monthly allocations from key Middle East producers to term clients. Our data includes a breakdown of allocations to term and equity clients as well as grade, volume and laycan window.
Clients receive excel-backed data on key developments taking place in the East of Suez oil derivatives market, including hedging behaviour in the ICE Dubai swaps complex.

Clients receive Alerts in response to market-moving events. Our alerts help clients understand the ‘so what’ to major events impacting the entire barrel. Our Alerts are data-driven and include a regular weekly assessment of pricing activity across major trading regions (WAF, North Sea, Middle East and Asia).

Each month, clients receive a deep-dive note on a key strategic theme shaping the market. Previous examples have included: refining capacity updates in the Middle East; China’s product balances and implications for exports; Murban and the future of Middle East pricing, among others. Our deep-dives are all excel-backed and used to help inform commercial decision-making for traders, refiners and planning teams.

Stay ahead of the market with REA’s pricing data, including spot deals and tenders. REA’s deals data includes buyers/sellers, grade, volume, trade dates and loading period as well as pricing basis.
Our team responds quickly to client questions on fast-moving market events.

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