September 20, 2024 11:19 GMT
OIL PRODUCTS: Mid-Day Oil Products Summary: Cracks Climb on Week
OIL PRODUCTS
US crack spreads have risen this week with gasoline to its highest level since Aug. 23, finding support from near-normal demand but spreads remain at overall low levels after plummeting in August.
- US gasoline crack down 0.1$/bbl at 14.31$/bbl
- US ULSD crack up 0$/bbl at 19.24$/bbl
- China has issued the third fuel export quota of the year of 8m tons of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, JLC and OilChem said, taking the total to 41m tons compared to 39.99m tons in 2023, according to Bloomberg.
- China’s major new refinery, Yulong started up one of its two 200kbpd crude units on Sept. 20, according to Reuters sources.
- US refiners are set for the lightest autumn refinery maintenance season in three years, with 529kbpd of capacity offline, according to IIR cited by Bloomberg, and about half the offline capacity from last year.
- The USGC has seen record diesel flows to NWE as favourable freight rates and strong refinery production boosts transatlantic trade, Platts said.
- The recent strength in the Singapore regrade spread, coupled with sluggish European prices pushed the FOB Persian Gulf cash diff to a 33-month low Sep. 19, Platts said.
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