Refinery Solution

Stay ahead of the refinery markets with a complete overview of the market trends and downstream supply dynamics

Challenges and opportunities in European refining: A 2030 outlook
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Introduction

Global refining is at a turning point. Shifting regional demand, growing sustainability pressures and rising energy security concerns are reshaping the industry. This report provides a forward-looking view of the refining sector through 2030, combining global context with in-depth analysis of the companies driving the transition. It benchmarks leading refiners including international oil majors, national oil companies and large independents across key operational metrics such as capacity, utilization, emissions intensity, and refinery complexity. The paper also dives into M&A trends and explores how these companies are adapting their strategies, upgrading assets and positioning for a lower-carbon energy future.   

Rystad Energy’s Refinery Database is a comprehensive, bottom-up asset-level database. It provides key insights into the refining sector by combining reported data with proprietary models to ensure accurate and reliable analysis.

Oil refining remains a key pillar of the oil and gas industry, maintaining central importance among stakeholders in the global energy landscape.

Our refinery database offers broad coverage of fundamental aspects of the refining sector, providing detailed insights into a vast range of active, closed, and upcoming assets from 2005 to 2050. With monthly resolution, it offers extensive insights into historical trends and future developments, ensuring a detailed and forward-looking perspective on the refining landscape.

How we deliver value

Stay ahead of the refinery markets with a comprehensive overview of market trends and downstream supply dynamics, enabling you to:

  • Track performance and spot strategic opportunities with detailed historical data and long-term forecasts on capacities, utilization, feedstocks, emissions, product output and refinery configurations across the global fleet.
  • Benchmarking tool to compare performance against peers
  • Gain comprehensive coverage of all key refining aspects, accessible through dashboards, the cube browser, or our valuation tool

Stay up to date on all aspects of the refinery industry through a regularly updated library of reports, commentaries, supplier revenues and regional market trends, allowing you to:

  • Get a timely and comprehensive overview of global and regional refining trends from the refinery sector, powered by data from Rystad Energy refinery databases.
  • Learn about the implications of global or regional events on the refinery industry.
  • Identify acquisition or swap opportunities by learning more about different refineries, companies, and their strategies.

We work closely with our customers and industry players to efficiently provide high-quality intelligence and advisory services, capturing market nuances as they happen.

      How can this help you

      Energy Companies

      Track performance and spot strategic opportunities with detailed historical data and long-term forecasts on capacities, utilization, feedstocks, emissions, product output, and refinery configurations across the global fleet, based on:

      • Track refinery projects and capacity additions worldwide

      • Updates on capacities, news, policies, deals and strategic announcements

      • Covers every major and minor refinery project globally

      Banking

      Quickly assess asset value and deal potential with detailed global refinery data covering margins, cash flows, capex, and competitive positioning:

      • Updated with dynamic data feeds for real-time decision support.

      • Detailed company benchmarking on valuation and key performance metrics

      • Adjust input parameters like margins, utilization, and feedstock prices to reflect your reality.

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      Gain comprehensive coverage of all key refining aspects, accessible through dashboards, the cube browser, or our valuation tool. This is a complete refining solution for benchmarking, analyzing, and exploring both historical and forecasted data with monthly granularity.

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