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% YoY and 7% QoQ, mainly attributed to the refinery business in Q1/2018, where Total GRM decreased to 6.37 $/BBL (Q1/2017: 7.96 $/BBL, Q4/2017: 8.75 $/BBL), as there was an Inventory Loss of THB 70
stock to dip below its 5 year average; greatly tightening the oil market. Dubai crude price in Q2/2018 on average increased by 8.11 $/BBL when compared to Q1/2018 is due to OPEC adjusting their production
crude run to a high level, although the Hydrogen Production Unit and Hydrocracking Unit underwent temporarily shut down between May and June. For this quarter, the gross refinery margin was 6.38 USD/BBL
COVID-19. Gasoline and Dubai crack spread (UNL95/DB) declined by 5.00 $/BBL, compared to the average of 7.57 $/BBL in Q2/2019, this is due to pressure from the level of Gasoline stock soaring upward in
recorded at THB 13,543 million, increased by 14% YoY, mainly attributed to the refinery business. In 2017, Total GRM was 7.23 $/BBL an increase of 0.70 $/BBL when compared to 2016. The refinery business
to high domestic ethanol stock, and the increasing aggregate domestic production capacity. Natural Resources Business Group recorded soften performance though the Company still realized additional
. Gross refinery margin was 6.66 USD/BBL (+1.04 USD/BBL YoY, +0.28 USD/BBL QoQ), GRM was higher from the increase in crack spread of most finished oil products, while Dated Brent and Dubai crude spread (DTD
oil production reduction, which left the global OECD oil stock falling below its 5 year average. Dubai crude price in Q3/2018 on average increased by 2.15 $/BBL when compared to Q2/2018 which was due to
market, where the oil business is in on a downward trajectory following slowing global economy due to the trade war between the US and China. The Dubai crude price in 2019 averaged at 63.51 $/BBL, a