Official Oil
Refineries have shifted production away from gasoline to middle distillates
CEII brief
US Energy Information Administration reported on 5 Nov 2026: Refineries have shifted production away from gasoline to middle distillates.
Read the full story on US Energy Information AdministrationParticularly high refinery margins for distillate fuel oil and jet fuel have contributed to shifts in the refinery yields of major products in 2026.
Context from CEII
Crude benchmarks move budgets, currencies and inflation in producer and importer countries alike. For economies such as Nigeria, where fuels dominate exports, production and refining decisions move the whole economy.
9.5% of world merchandise exports were fuels in 2025Original reporting © US Energy Information Administration. Headline and excerpt quoted with attribution; the full article is available on the publisher’s site. CEII’s context is the Centre’s own and does not represent the publisher.
