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Cracks Fall as US East Coast Stocks Rise

OIL PRODUCTS

Tight East Coast diesel supply eased by large increase in the regional stocks

  • Distillate stocks in the PADD1 East Coast region increased by nearly 4.5mbbls however remain below the 5-year average range. US refiners are now processing the most crude since Jan2020 as the utilisation rate increased to 94.2%. This is despite several refineries shutting in the last 2 years during the pandemic.
  • The build in diesel stocks and an expected small draw in gasoline resulted in a more muted response from oil product markets than from crude. As a result, crack spreads have continued to pull back from highs seen at the start of the week.
  • US 321 crack down -0.04$/bbl at 56.09$/bbl
  • US gasoline crack up 0.34$/bbl at 54.99$/bbl
  • US ULSD crack down -0.8$/bbl at 58.3$/bbl
  • Brent FCC margin down -0.53$/bbl at 21.37$/bbl
  • Gasoline-Brent down -0.01$/bbl at 42.93$/bbl
  • Gasoil-Brent down -1.07$/bbl at 41.68$/bbl

Source: MNI / EIA

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