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Crude Time Spreads Ease Back from Recent Highs

OIL

Crude time spreads are drifting off from recent highs as the prompt spreads pulls back from the highest since November at 0.69$/bbl yesterday.

  • Most crude time spread have regained strength over the last week to levels seen in mid Feb driven by the recovery in China oil demand and due to supply risks with Russian expected to cut March production by 500kbpd.
  • The WTI prompt spread is relatively unchanged and still in negative territory weighed down by weak US demand and concern for ongoing US inflationary pressures.
    • Brent MAY 23 down -0.5% at 84.32$/bbl
    • WTI APR 23 down -0.4% at 77.81$/bbl
    • WTI-Brent up 0.05$/bbl at -6.36$/bbl
    • Brent MAY 23-JUN 23 down -0.06$/bbl at 0.6$/bbl
    • Brent JUN 23-DEC 23 down -0.18$/bbl at 2.72$/bbl
    • WTI APR 23-MAY 23 unchanged at -0.15$/bbl
    • WTI JUN 23-DEC 23 down -0.12$/bbl at 2.27$/bbl


Source: Bloomberg

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