Yeah, the terminology is a bit weird, as petrol itself is a light distillate. But the generic term 'distillates' seems to refer to heavier fractions that go into diesel and kerosene (for jet fuel and heating), and heavier fuels.

it varies i think by location
includes , Gas Oil, Diesel, Kerosene,
Jet fuel for the minister etc.
not sure if heavy fuel oil is included

Interesting how WTI has decoupled hard from Brent (and collapsed relatively) in recent months.

In a nutshell the US can increase pumping but its pipelines cannot deliver the increase to market and this cannot be hidden anymore.

Also interestingly, it has a positive effect on oil in the Bakken/Dakotas which used to trade at its own discount to WTI because of the cost of rail transport. The pipeline bottleneck in the Permian means there is more demand for Bakken oil shipped to Gulf refineries by rail. Though I believe the pipeline situation will get sorted out in the medium term (end of this year?).

Just noticed this advance on making superconducting tapes for 50 Tesla magnets. The challenge of such materials is to avoid tearing themselves apart as they generate Lorentz forces equivalent to tens of thousands times atmospheric pressure. Unfortunately in this case "high temperature" means a few tens of Kelvins, not the 77K of liquid nitrogen. Practical magnets for broad use would ideally be above liquid nitrogen temps, rather than liquid helium. But it's all progress.

Is this the end of the CARB? jmc will likely be doing a little jig.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... ting-power

Just in case jmc gets too carried away, here's a little something to jar him back to reality. The Environmental Justice Warriors of San Bernardino County throw a free vegetarian breakfast along with a workshop on improving air quality. Paid public relations people tell you how your tax dollars are being spent on environmentally friendly vehicles for low income people, and which are the best apps for tracking air quality. An old-style hippy environmentalist gets ornery.