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Crude spreads push higher as backwardation strengthens on potential higher demand from China, as restrictions start to ease and as the EU negotiations continue.
- The Brent Jul-Aug spread is especially strong approaching the Jul22 contract expiry tomorrow. The spread has rallied from 1.15$/bbl to a high of 3.92$/bbl since 10th Mar and WTI has only rallied from 1.49 to 2.89$/bbl in the same time period.
- The longer-term spreads such as the Dec22-Dec23 spreads have now surpassed the highs from 8th Mar with Brent and WTI both up about 2.5$/bbl in the last week.
- Brent JUL 22-AUG 22 down -0.16$/bbl at 3.71$/bbl
- Brent AUG 22-SEP 22 up 0.21$/bbl at 3.07$/bbl
- Brent DEC 22-DEC 23 up 0.24$/bbl at 14.44$/bbl
- WTI JUL 22-AUG 22 up 0.04$/bbl at 2.88$/bbl
- WTI AUG 22-SEP 22 up 0.06$/bbl at 3.06$/bbl
- WTI DEC 22-DEC 23 up 0.32$/bbl at 15.04$/bbl
- The graph below shows the change in forward curve since last week.
Source: Bloomberg
Why MNI
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