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European Refiners Oversupplied For Nov/Dec

OIL

European refiners are oversupplied with crude oil for November and December in anticipated of the EU ban on Russian oil from 5 Dec.

  • "European refiners seem to have overbought in November and December, probably because of fears around Urals", a source told Reuters.
  • Backwardation of prompt and future Brent crude prices narrowed this week, amid better supply in the physical oil market.
  • Supply was able to improve in the region as Europe has been replacing Russian oil grades with grades from the Middle East, the US and Latin America, while Asia has been asking for less crude because of an economic slowdown and increased imports of Russian crude.
    • Brent JAN 23 down -3.5% at 86.67$/bbl
    • WTI DEC 22 down -4% at 78.4$/bbl
    • Brent JAN 23-FEB 23 down -0.39$/bbl at 0.57$/bbl
    • Brent JUN 23-DEC 23 down -0.39$/bbl at 3.37$/bbl
    • Brent DEC 23-DEC 24 down -0.45$/bbl at 4.17$/bbl
    • WTI DEC 22-JAN 23 down -0.44$/bbl at -0.2$/bbl
    • WTI DEC 22-DEC 23 down -1.94$/bbl at 4.05$/bbl
    • WTI DEC 23-DEC 24 down -0.26$/bbl at 3.94$/bbl

Source: Bloomberg

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