Commodity Market Report
Switzerland downstream oil long-term outlook
Report summary
Following the closure of Collombey refinery in 2015, Cressier is Switzerland's only operating crude oil refinery. This sharp decline in domestic refining capacity has left Switzerland more dependent on oil product imports, primarily sourced from the ARA trading hub and barged up the Rhine river. The Swiss market can be volatile. Emergency fuel stocks were released in 2015 and 2018 when very low water levels on the Rhine restricted the movement of barges to the upper regions. These incidents have highlighted Switzerland's exposure to increasing physical supply risk and the impact of climate change on the Rhine as a vital European transport corridor. Demand can also be affected by unseasonably cold or warm weather, causing short-term fluctuations in heating oil consumption. The Swiss retail fuel market is characterised by two distinct segments: automated unmanned sites with a focus in low overheads and offering discounted fuel prices, and full service stations with convenience stores.
Table of contents
- Market drivers
- Outlook
- Car parc
- Gasoline
- Fuel oil
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Regulatory issues
- Excise duty and taxes
- Compulsory stockholding
- Biofuels
- Electromobility
- Retail fuel volumes
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Retail network development
- Motorway station network
- Hypermarket fuel outlets
- Major players: competitive position
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Major players: strategy
- Oel-Pool AG
- Shell
- Phillips 66 (Co-op Mineraloel)
- Eni
- Tamoil
- Socar
- Varo Energy
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Independent groups operating in the market
- Migrol
- Avia
- Non-fuels retailing
- Road transport fuels
- Industrial/domestic gas oil
- Aviation kerosene
- Heavy fuel oil
- LPG
- Lubricants
- Bitumen
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Key issues influencing retail fuel margins
- Distribution of oil products
- Oil product storage infrastructure
- Independent petroleum product storage
Tables and charts
This report includes 14 images and tables including:
- Total demand
- Demand by product
- Car parc by type
- Biofuel blending
- Retail fuel volumes
- Network development and average site throughput
- Retail network size and market share by player (2021)
- Network effectiveness ratio: ratio of share of fuel sales to share of sites
- Commercial road transport fuel volumes
- Retail gasoline 95RON E5 price formation 2021
- Retail diesel price formation 2021
- Main products: unit gross margins per year
- Storage and distribution infrastructure
- Cressier refinery profile
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