May 20, 2024 11:26 GMT
Mid-Day Oil Products Summary: Cracks Soften
OIL PRODUCTS
Diesel and gasoline crack spreads are softer today after finding gains last week. Gasoline exports from China fell to the lowest since 2015 in April amid refinery maintenance.
- US gasoline crack down 0.6$/bbl at 27.68$/bbl
- US ULSD crack down 0.4$/bbl at 24.18$/bbl
- Six Ukrainian drones struck the Russian Slavyansk refinery facility on Sunday – halting operations according to RBC reports Monday.
- Russia made a final decision to suspend the temporary ban on gasoline exports with sufficient supply to the domestic market according to Reuters citing RBC daily.
- The Import pischeprom oil products in the Russian Black Sea has resumed loadings after a Ukrainian drone attack on Friday according to Reuters sources and LSEG data.
- NW European E5 gasoline barges have fallen so far in May due to a relative scarcity of export opportunities, according to Energy Aspects.
- Exxon Mobil’s 250,000 bpd Joliet refinery in Illinois reported a fire on Saturday according to a regulatory filing.
- Pemex’s flagship Olmeca (Dos Bocas) refinery in Mexico signals further delays according to Reuters reports.
- China’s gasoline exports in April slipped to the lowest level since July 2015 according to customs figures on firmer domestic demand.
- CDU capacity utilisation rates at China’s state-owned refineries are projected to rise in the week to May 23, according to OilChem.
- Refinery runs in Asia runs, excluding China, are expected to fall by 300kb/d in Q2 from Q1 to 15.7mb/d through July, according to FGE on May 17 via Bloomberg.
- Global airline passenger capacity is set to rise to 113.45m seats in the seven days commencing May 20, OAG said.
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