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Oil Products End of Day Summary: Cracks Slide

OIL PRODUCTS

US diesel and gasoline cracks have extended their losses on the day, although are rebounding slightly from the intraday lows reached around 1:15-1:30 ET. EIA data showing weaker demand for both products has expedited the trend already present during European hours.

  • US gasoline crack down -2$/bbl at 20.98$/bbl
  • US ULSD crack down -2.8$/bbl at 41.22$/bbl
  • EIA Weekly US Petroleum Summary - w/w change week ending Feb 09: Gasoline stocks -3,658 vs Exp -1,758: Implied mogas demand -639, Distillate stocks -1,915 vs Exp -1,897, Implied dist demand -303
  • BP is buying refined products on the market to meet contractual obligations for wholesale fuel customers due to the continued outage of its 435,000 bpd Whiting, Indiana refinery according to Argus reports.
  • Nigeria’s 650k b/d Dangote refinery has issued tenders to sell to fuel cargoes for export, sources told Reuters.
  • Oman's Duqm refinery, which is already producing at capacity of 230,000 bpd, will add another 5%-10% of output in 2024 according to the company's CEO David Bird speaking with Platts.
  • The lack of oil product imports to Europe from outside the Atlantic Basin are driving higher European refining margins according to Citigroup.
  • The 168kb/d Citgo Corpus Christi refinery in Texas is planning to shut multiple units in Q2 for maintenance according to Bloomberg sources.
  • Gazprom Neft’s Moscow refinery is operating normally following reports of a nearby fire according to the facilities press service.
  • Novatek resumed gas condensate processing at the Ust-Luga complex on 11 February, industry sources told Reuters, following a Ukrainian drone attack on 21 January.
  • Oil products stockpiles at the port of Fujairah rose by 2.1% to 19.149mn barrels in the week to 12 February, according to the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone.

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