RE:As Saudis Keep Pumping, Thirst for Domestic Oil Swellsjubatus1 wrote:
As Saudis Keep Pumping, Thirst for Domestic Oil Swells
Kingdom is poised to break records for crude output, but its ravenous energy needs threaten its ability to ramp up exports
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-saudis-keep-pumping-thirst-for-domestic-oil-swells-1435786552
This is very interesting because Saudi's have been already heavily drawing from stockpiles to maintain exports, their current stockpiles are the lowest since August 2014:
https://www.investorvillage.com/smbd.asp?mb=4288&mn=221436&pt=msg&mid=16108762
So, they are already selling more than they produce, and now they need hundreds of thousands more barrels a day to satisfy domestic power demand.