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ARA Gasoil Stocks 70% Below Normal

OIL PRODUCTS

Refined product cracks trading relatively unchanged today as the fall in crude takes a breather.

  • Brent AUG 22 up 0.8% at 110.91$/bbl
  • WTI AUG 22 up 0.7% at 105.05$/bbl
  • US 321 crack up 0.3$/bbl at 56.94$/bbl
  • US gasoline crack up 0.2$/bbl at 49.37$/bbl
  • US ULSD crack up 0.5$/bbl at 72.09$/bbl
  • Brent FCC margin up 0.3$/bbl at 28.98$/bbl
  • Gasoline-Brent up 0.6$/bbl at 45$/bbl
  • Gasoil-Brent down -0.5$/bbl at 56$/bbl
  • After another volatile week US crack spreads are actually just down on the week but European spreads have continued to rise. The European Gasoline-Brent spread has risen from 42$/bbl to 45$/bbl this week and the Gasoil-Brent spread is up from 53.5$/bbl to 56$/bbl. Refined product exports from Russia are at approximately 2.27mbpd compared to between 2.5mbpd and 3mbpd before the Ukraine war. Although European ARA gasoline stocks are near normal ARA Gasoil stocks remain approximately 70% below the 5-year average.

Source: Bloomberg

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