Crude Oil Markets

Key Benefits

  • Gain a competitive edge in making trading and commercial decisions amid volatile market conditions. Our service helps clients respond to fast-moving market events.

  • Leverage REA’s industry-leading analysis and global network of experts (from upstream to refining).

  • Receive intelligence updates on key issues driving price formation. REA collects spot transactions in the market and has an unparalleled expertise in understanding Middle East and Asia oil markets.

  • Receive regular data-driven supply, demand and pricing analysis from our team. Clients can also access REA’s network of industry specialists, macro experts and geopolitical strategists to understand the key drivers shaping the oil market.

Market Intelligence

East of Suez Perspectives

Gain unique insights into the demand, supply and pricing dynamics shaping the East of Suez oil market. Our EoS report provides clients with key trends taking place during the monthly trading cycle: OSP pricing analysis, spot trades, refining activity, spreads, and geopolitical developments shaping the world’s most active trading hub.

Alerts

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).

Deep-dives

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 export flows in perspectives; Libya’s oil sector outlook, among others. Our deep-dives are all excel-backed and used to help inform commercial decision-making for traders, refiners and planning teams.

Bi-Monthly

Our flagship bi-monthly report covers short-term market fundamentals, including: oil demand by region, OPEC supply, non-OPEC supply, refining trends, geopolitics and policy drivers in the market. Our monthly report has a special focus on developments in the Middle East and Asia.

Data

Pricing

Stay ahead of the market with REA’s pricing data analysis, including benchmark pricing analysis, spot deals/tenders and price forecasts.

Flows and balances

Gain a comprehensive view of global oil flows by region, grade and buyer/seller activity. Data also includes data on global balances.

Access

Access to analysts

Our team responds quickly to client questions on fast-moving market events. Clients can leverage our global network of specialists to make decisions confidently.

Webinars

Clients gain access to REA’s oil webinars which include speakers ranging from trading houses, refiners, government officials, exchanges, banks and other relevant market institutions.

Insight events

Clients are invited to our in-person events held every quarter. Previous events have included speakers from oil companies, the US government, Middle East NOCs and finance.