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all these elements in order to understand what pressures might be expected upon<br />

oil prices in the coming years.<br />

Challenges exist also in the downstream, where transport fuels drive future<br />

demand structure<br />

Gasoil/diesel is expected to witness the largest volume gain, increasing by more than<br />

10 mb/d between 2011 and 2035, mainly due to the growing transport sector, including<br />

marine bunkers. However, on a percentage basis, naphtha is anticipated to be the<br />

fastest growing product in the long-term, especially in developing Asian countries.<br />

Another product witnessing demand expansion is gasoline, with demand increasing<br />

by almost 5 mb/d between 2011 and 2035. This, however, is less than half of the<br />

diesel/gasoil increase for the same period. Residual fuel oil is the only product that is<br />

set to decline globally in the coming years. Its use in industry, mainly for electricity<br />

generation and refineries, has faced competition from natural gas in most regions for<br />

decades, with the upshot being a demand drop. Moreover, this demand decline will<br />

accelerate due to the expected shift from fuel oil to diesel in marine bunkers stemming<br />

from International Maritime Organisation (IMO) regulations.<br />

Global product demand, 2011–2035 mb/d<br />

2011 2016 2020 2025 2030 2035<br />

Light products<br />

Ethane/LPG 9.2 9.8 10.2 10.5 10.8 11.0<br />

Naphtha 6.0 6.5 7.1 7.7 8.3 8.8<br />

Gasoline<br />

Middle distillates<br />

21.5 22.5 23.4 24.5 25.3 26.1<br />

Jet/Kerosene 6.5 6.8 7.1 7.5 7.7 8.0<br />

Diesel/Gasoil<br />

Heavy products<br />

26.0 28.9 31.3 33.2 34.7 36.0<br />

Residual fuel* 8.8 8.2 7.5 7.0 6.7 6.3<br />

Other** 9.8 10.2 10.2 10.4 10.7 11.0<br />

Total 87.8 92.9 96.9 100.9 104.2 107.3<br />

* Includes refinery fuel oil.<br />

** Includes bitumen, lubricants, waxes, still gas, coke, sulphur, direct use of crude oil, etc.<br />

Shift of refining capacity to developing countries will accelerate<br />

It is estimated that around 7.2 mb/d of new crude distillation capacity will be added<br />

to the global refining system from assessed projects in the period to 2016. Additions<br />

to global conversion units and desulphurization capacity are estimated to be<br />

15<br />

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