Most attention on the global gasoline landscape has traditionally been focused on Europe, the US and Singapore, but the Mideast Gulf has been making huge strides in recent years. 2024 saw refining capacity in the Mideast Gulf and Indian Ocean region increase to over 10.5mn b/d from 7.8mn b/d in 2017. And in the same time period, gasoline production grew from 1.7mn b/d to nearly 2.4mn b/d and exports from 270,000 b/d to 654,000 b/d.

Listen to this podcast as our experts provide an update on developments and how Argus has created the first assessment to properly reflect the transformation:

• Summary of the major trading regions and the pricing benchmarks in each

• Delve into the evolving dynamics and fundamentals of the Mideast Gulf

• Why the Mideast Gulf region needs an independent price assessment 

• Introduction to Argus fob Mideast Gulf Gasoline (MEBOB)

• And much more