Refining
The sources portray refining as the acute constraint in an increasingly bottlenecked oil system, with products tight even as crude markets appear weak 134. Speakers link this to attacks and transport disruptions, constrained or hobbled refinery capacity, and years of underinvestment 124. Anas Alhajji argues that policymakers focused on upstream supply while neglecting downstream refining, whereas the other discussions emphasise market consequences rather than a detailed capacity-policy prescription 234.
Where the voices land
All voices 1 voice1 bullish
Bullish
- JCJeffrey Currie ++Bullish Rising 3-2-1 crack spreads signal refining margins are strengthening as the constraint shifts to processing capacity. “When that margin rises sharply, it tells us refined products are becoming significantly more valuable relative to crude” Open the post I joined @NJHagens on The Great Simplification p… · 29 Jul
1 bullish
Mentions
4 in July 2026Stories it travels in
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The stories
- ○ a voice, on the left
- ◌ a voice raising half of these
- ● a subject, on the right, under its story
- ⌒ a line is a voice raising a subject — thicker, more items; colour is the story
The stories this entity travels in: on the right, each story with the subjects seen alongside it; on the left, the voices that raised them, and a line for every subject a voice raised, bundled by story. Tap a voice to light everything it raises, a subject for who raised it, a story for its own lines. The crumb goes back.
Who brings it up
- Masil Bagnan 2 mentions
- Rory Johnston 2 mentions
- Erik Townsend 2 mentions
- Patrick Ceresna 2 mentions
- Jeffrey Currie ++ 1 mention
- Jeff Curry 1 mention
- Anas Alhajji 1 mention
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