SINGAPORE, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The global oil industrygathered in Singapore this week for the annual Asia PacificPetroleum Conference (APPEC), the biggest event of its kind inthe region.
Below is a round-up of stories from the conference andinterviews with executives on the sidelines on a wide range oftopics from the global oil demand-supply outlook, to U.S. crudeexports and the impact of shippers' switching to low-sulphurfuel, as mandated by the International Maritime Organization(IMO) from January 2020.TRADE, ECONOMY, DEALSUncertainty clouds oil outlook at Asia conferenceDownbeat: Oil traders dwell on weaker demand growthAsia refiners' light, sweet tooth drives changeTrafigura U.S. crude exports over 1/4 of U.S. totalNayara: Iran, Venezuela cuts hits heavy oil marketIndia's ONGC mulls buying out petchem projectMideast may sell 20 M bpd crude to Asia by '40-OPECEssar Oil UK aims for share 40% of U.S. refiningEV switch may cut 13.7 M b/d oil demand by '40-CitiBP seeks more U.S. crude sales in AsiaCNPC skips Venezuelan oil loading for 2nd monthEquinor: Johan Sverdrup output 660,000 bpd by '22
IMO 2020New ship norms: Dirty fuel oil down, but not outANALYSIS-Cheaper fuel oil stalks gasoil's leadIOC Gujarat refinery to make IMO 2020 fuels by OctCosmo Oil starts building IMO-compliant fuel stocks
(Reporting by Asia Energy TeamEditing by Kenneth Maxwell)