• • Article

  • 13 Dec 2021

  Fuel economy in Germany

  …global average. Between 2005 and 2019, average fuel consumption decreased on average 1.3% per year, with fuel economy improvements occurring across all LDV segments. The more recent rise in fuel consumption stems from decreasing shares of diesel LDVs in Germany, along with growing demand for SUVs.Diesel powertrains, which accounted for 51% of LDV sales in 2012, dropped to 36% of LDV sales by 2019, refleting the lasting impacts of the “diesel-gate” scandal. The majority of LDV sales have shifted to gasoline vehicles, which accounted for 59% of LDV sales in 2019, thereby increasing average fuel consumption. At…

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  • 18 Aug 2022

  Japan Oil Security Policy

  …the equivalent of 70 days of stocks, based on consumption over the previous 12 months. The public stocks mostly consist of crude oil, but the government has expanded its emergency inventory to include around six days of four categories of refined products – gasoline, kerosene, fuel oil and diesel oil. Some government stocks are held in storage facilities with no drawdown infrastructure and would take weeks or months to release, some in dedicated leased tanks, and some (namely the product stocks) are commingled with industry stocks. In case of an IEA coordinated collective action, Japan would likely rely in the first…

• • Fuel report

  • Mar 2017

  Oil Market Report - March 2017

  The IEA Oil Market Report (OMR) is one of the world’s most authoritative and timely sources of data, forecasts and analysis on the global oil market – including detailed statistics and commentary on oil supply, demand, inventories, prices and refining activity, as well as oil trade for IEA and selected non-IEA countries. Highlights Having expanded by 1.6 mb/d in 2016, global oil product demand growth is expected to ease back to 1.4 mb/d in 2017. Early indicators of 1Q17 demand support this, with slowdowns seen in January in Japan, Germany, Korea and India.Global oil supplies rose 260 kb…

• • Country report

  • Oct 2012

  Oil and Gas Emergency Policy: Japan 2013 update

  Oil and Gas Emergency Policy: Japan 2013 update Oil remains the most significant energy source in Japan, accounting for some 45% of the country’s total primary energy supply in 2011. The transport sector represented around 38% of total consumption in 2010, while the industry sector accounted for 30%. A significant proportion of the industry sector’s oil demand comes from the chemical industry. The country has 27 operational refineries with a total crude distillation capacity of around 4.5 mb/d. Japan meets its 90-day stockholding obligation to the IEA by holding government emergency stocks and by placing…

• • Fuel report

  • Dec 2017

  Oil Market Report - December 2017

  The IEA Oil Market Report (OMR) is one of the world’s most authoritative and timely sources of data, forecasts and analysis on the global oil market – including detailed statistics and commentary on oil supply, demand, inventories, prices and refining activity, as well as oil trade for IEA and selected non-IEA countries. Highlights Our forecast for global demand growth remains unchanged at 1.5 mb/d in 2017 (or 1.6%) and 1.3 mb/d in 2018 (or 1.3%). Revisions have been made to data for Nigeria, Germany and Iraq. The baseline for oil demand has been raised by…

• • Fuel report

  • Jun 2017

  Oil Market Report - June 2017

  The IEA Oil Market Report (OMR) is one of the world’s most authoritative and timely sources of data, forecasts and analysis on the global oil market – including detailed statistics and commentary on oil supply, demand, inventories, prices and refining activity, as well as oil trade for IEA and selected non-IEA countries. Highlights Recent weaknesses in demand growth are likely to prove transitory, particularly in post currency-reform India. Although global growth was only 0.9 mb/d in 1Q17, it accelerates in 2H17 and for the year as a whole our outlook remains unchanged at 1.3 mb/d. In 2018…

• • Country report

  • Oct 2012

  Oil and Gas Emergency Policy: Germany 2012 update

  Oil and Gas Emergency Policy: Germany 2012 update Germany has very little domestic oil and natural gas production and relies heavily on imports. It has well diversified and flexible oil and natural gas supply infrastructure, which consists of crude, product and gas pipelines and crude and oil product import terminals. The country has no liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure, although some German companies have booked capacities in overseas LNG terminals. Oil continues to be the main source of energy in Germany. It now represents approximately 32% of Germany’s total primary energy supply (TPES). Natural gas consumption in Germany has…

• • Fuel report

  • Jul 2019

  Oil Market Report - July 2019

  The IEA Oil Market Report (OMR) is one of the world’s most authoritative and timely sources of data, forecasts and analysis on the global oil market – including detailed statistics and commentary on oil supply, demand, inventories, prices and refining activity, as well as oil trade for IEA and selected non-IEA countries. Highlights Global demand growth is set to accelerate from an exceptionally weak 310 kb/d in 1Q19 and 800 kb/d in 2Q19 to reach 1.8 mb/d in the second half of the year as economic activity improves and petrochemical plants ramp up. For 2020, the pace of growth will…

• • Fuel report

  • May 2017

  Oil Market Report - May 2017

  The IEA Oil Market Report (OMR) is one of the world’s most authoritative and timely sources of data, forecasts and analysis on the global oil market – including detailed statistics and commentary on oil supply, demand, inventories, prices and refining activity, as well as oil trade for IEA and selected non-IEA countries. Highlights Weakness in a number of previously solid countries - India, US, Germany and Turkey - curtailed the 1H17 global demand growth estimate by 115 kb/d. Global demand growth is, however, still forecast at 1.3 mb/d in 2017, with demand at 97.9 mb/d.Global oil supply fell by…

• • Article

  • 13 Dec 2021

  Fuel economy in Japan

  Market profile and analysis of fuel consumption trends Nearly 5.1 million new light-duty vehicles (LDVs) were sold in Japan in 2019, with an average fuel consumption that is among the lowest of all major LDV markets at 5.5 litres of gasoline equivalent per 100 kilometres. In 2019, the average fuel consumption of new LDVs in Japan was 24% below the global average, and between 2005 and 2019, fuel consumption of new LDVs fell by 2.4% on average each year. This represents a substantial improvement compared with other major LDV markets, though the pace of fuel economy…