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Weekly Refining & Marketing Margin
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Weekly Refining & Marketing Margin
Australia | Refining & Marketing EquityJuneResearch12, 2026
Figure 5 - ALD & VEA PE ratioWeekly Refining & Marketing Margin
20x
VEA ALD
Refining margins improved slightly this week, but remain well above 18x16x
14x
12xhistorical levels, given ongoing supply disruption in the Middle East.
10x
Gasoline retail margins weakness partly offset by strength in diesel in 2Q to 8x6x
date. Fuel excise cut set to expire at the end of June. We prefer ALD, given May-25 Jun-25 Jul-25 Aug-25 Sep-25 Oct-25 Nov-25 Dec-25 Jan-26 Feb-26 Mar-26 Apr-26 May-26 Jun-26
.refining margin strength, solid management execution in Convenience Source: Factset. NB: 12mth fwd
Retail & recent disclosure suggesting U-GO is delivering ahead of already-
attractive business case. Figure 6 - Aus Refining SWAM - US$/bbl by qtr
33.3 34.7
24.6 23.6 23.8 21.7 23.4 20.9 18.8 19.9A weekly summary of refining & marketing margins across Australia & NZ - We monitor 16.8 16.7 16.4 12.6 13.6 14.2 14.2
a Singapore Weighted Average Margin (SWAM), which we construct based on a typical
Australian refiner product slate, as well as a published Minas211 benchmark. Both metrics
have been highly correlated with ALD and VEA refining margins over time (refer to Appendix 2Q22 3Q22 4Q22 1Q23 2Q23 3Q23 4Q23 1Q24 2Q24 3Q24 4Q24 1Q25 2Q25 3Q25 4Q25 1Q26 2Q26*
for correlation). We also show individual product cracks and crude premia, as well as product .
Source: Jefferies analysis. NB: Based on a fixed pre-COVID
inventory. In addition, we monitor weekly Australian retail margin data from AIP, and NZ product slate. 2Q26 is period to date
importer margins from Government data.
Refining margins averaged US$33/bbl this week - Minas211 averaged US$32.59/bbl this
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