The Crude Report: Understanding China’s weak third quarter

China’s crude oil purchasing activity has changed alongside oil prices and politics. In this episode of The Crude Report, a podcast series on global oil markets, Argus Vice President and Editor of the Argus China Petroleum Service Tom Reed joins to discuss the motives behind Beijing’s nudge to increase US crude purchases, China’s INE futures exchange and whether the dramatic recovery in China’s oil demand post-Covid-19 is running out of puff.