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OIL PRODUCTS: Mid-Day Oil Products Summary: Cracks Diverge

OIL PRODUCTS

US diesel cracks have gained further ground today, while gasoline cracks are easing back after firm gains yesterday amidst an unexpected decline in stocks in Wednesday’s data. 

  • US ULSD crack up 0.4$/bbl at 31.95$/bbl
  • US gasoline crack down 0.2$/bbl at 17.09$/bbl
  • US 321 crack up 0$/bbl at 22.06$/bbl
  • PBF said in a statement on Thursday it had no estimate for how long its 156,400 bpd Martinez refinery in California would be out for following the Feb 1 fire.
  • US refiner PBF Energy plans to operate its seven refineries up to 76% of their combined production capacity of 1m b/d in Q1 2025, the company said Feb. 13, cited by Reuters.
  • Mexican oil exports fell to their lowest monthly level on record in January, averaging just 535 kbd, a decline of 400 kbd m/m according to Kpler vessel tracking.
  • Pemex partially shut its 245k b/d Salamanca refinery in Mexico due to equipment issues caused by high water and salt content in crude oil: IIR Energy.
  • 100k b/d Slavyansk refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region reportedly targeted by drone attack overnight, the BBC reports.
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US diesel cracks have gained further ground today, while gasoline cracks are easing back after firm gains yesterday amidst an unexpected decline in stocks in Wednesday’s data. 

  • US ULSD crack up 0.4$/bbl at 31.95$/bbl
  • US gasoline crack down 0.2$/bbl at 17.09$/bbl
  • US 321 crack up 0$/bbl at 22.06$/bbl
  • PBF said in a statement on Thursday it had no estimate for how long its 156,400 bpd Martinez refinery in California would be out for following the Feb 1 fire.
  • US refiner PBF Energy plans to operate its seven refineries up to 76% of their combined production capacity of 1m b/d in Q1 2025, the company said Feb. 13, cited by Reuters.
  • Mexican oil exports fell to their lowest monthly level on record in January, averaging just 535 kbd, a decline of 400 kbd m/m according to Kpler vessel tracking.
  • Pemex partially shut its 245k b/d Salamanca refinery in Mexico due to equipment issues caused by high water and salt content in crude oil: IIR Energy.
  • 100k b/d Slavyansk refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region reportedly targeted by drone attack overnight, the BBC reports.