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Crude Backwardation Narrows on Demand Concern

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Crude time spreads are following the bearish move lower in the outright futures with Brent Dec23-Dec24 down from around 3.65$/bbl early yesterday to the current level of 2.11$/bbl. The spread is approaching the lows seen amid the banking turmoil in mid March.

  • Front month crude is also the lowest since mid March with WTI now below the 70$/bbl level.
  • The WTI-Brent spread is holding around -3.8$/bbl with support from the low Cushing stocks and the addition of WTI Midland into the Dated Brent benchmark. The US crude officially joined the benchmark of the five North Sea crudes yesterday for deliveries starting in June.
    • Brent JUL 23 down -2.7% at 73.31$/bbl
    • WTI JUN 23 down -2.9% at 69.59$/bbl
    • WTI-Brent up 0.01$/bbl at -3.8$/bbl
    • Brent JUL 23-AUG 23 down -0.08$/bbl at 0.2$/bbl
    • Brent DEC 23-DEC 24 down -0.43$/bbl at 2.11$/bbl


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