(Finance) – I oil consumption totals in July were equal to just under 5.2 million tons, up 0.5% (+24,000 tons) compared to July 2021. This is what emerges from the latest monthly report ofUNEMwhich explains how this result is substantially in line with expectations and that it takes us back from pre-pandemic levels (-8.4% on July 2019). The figure – it is emphasized – is the comparison with a month like July 2021 which was characterized by very high internal volumes of consumption.
Petrol and diesel together, with one working day less, they were equal to 2.8 million tonnes, slightly lower than in the same month of 2021 (-2.6% or 76,000 tons less), but also compared to the values of July 2019 (-1.1%, -33,000 tons). .
Negative sign also for Car LPG (-4.3%), bunker (-0.4%), as well as for lubricants (-6.8%) for bitumen (-19.9%) and for the net petrochemical charge (-38, 6%).
The jet fuel detected a about 60% increase compared to July 2021, but still 20.7% lower (-105,000 tons) compared to 2019, due to the almost total absence of Russian and Chinese tourism and therefore of part of longer-haul flights.
For the month of August 2022 is expected a further slowdown in consumptionas the strong domestic and international tourist flow that supported mobility could be counterbalanced by the economic slowdown in production activities amplified by the criticalities of the war in Ukraine with decelerating industrial and construction activities.