June 06, 2024 18:17 GMT
Oil Products End of Day Summary: Gasoline Crack Recoups Losses
OIL PRODUCTS
Gasoline cracks have rebounded from earlier losses to approach the US close trading higher. Support likely comes from a rising oil complex on the day and hopes that near-term Fed rate cuts could boost demand.
- US gasoline crack up 0.2$/bbl at 25.13$/bbl
- US ULSD crack up 0.8$/bbl at 23.46$/bbl
- US gasoline demand’s revival after hitting a nadir in April is now abating, although demand continues to look robust for June, according to BNEF.
- U.S. retail gasoline prices could rise to nearly $4/gal in October if the Hurricane Season is extreme according to Goldman Sachs.
- US diesel prices have fallen to their lowest level since Feb. 2022, prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to GasBuddy’s Patrick De Haan via X.
- ARA Inventory, latest level, weekly change (all in thousand metric tons) as follows: Gasoline: 890, -103, Naphtha: 517, +64, Gasoil: 2,257, +32, Fuel Oil: 1,585, +39, Jet Fuel: 911, +40
- A fire has been extinguished at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia's Rostov region which had been attacked by a Ukrainian drone.
- Onshore fuel oil stocks in Singapore rose for a second straight week, climbing 7.7% to 18.86m bbl in the week ended June 5.
- China’s implied refinery runs declined for the third straight month to 14.5mbd in May, marking a year-on-year contraction for four consecutive months according to Vortexa calculations.
- China’s road congestion continued to be stable in the week to June 5, ticking up around 1%, according to BNEF. This put congestion levels at around 139% of January 2023 levels.
- Crude storage capacity utilisation rates are seen at 44.1% in the week to June 7, up 0.2 percentage points on the week.
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