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

OIL PRODUCTS

Gasoline cracks are continuing their downtrend from yesterday to reverse gains from earlier in the week, under pressure from indications of softer US demand and expectations of a US stock build.

  • US gasoline crack down 0.2$/bbl at 13.76$/bbl
  • US ULSD crack down 0$/bbl at 24.94$/bbl
  • U.S. refiner margins for gasoline and diesel will stabilise next year but non-U.S. refinery capacity additions will limit increases in crack spreads, according to the EIA.
  • API weekly oil stock data from late yesterday according to Bloomberg: Gasoline +0.3mbbl, Distillate +1.1mbbl
  • Singapore total oil inventories rose 1.5% on the week to the highest since Oct. 9, according to Enterprise data.
  • Sales of marine fuel at Singapore rose to a nine-month high in October, led by an increase in container throughput and vessel calls for bunkering, according to the Port Authority, cited by Reuters.
  • Road congestion in the 15 Chinese cities with the highest number of vehicle registrations increased by 1.3 percentage points in the seven days to Nov. 13, according to BNEF.
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Gasoline cracks are continuing their downtrend from yesterday to reverse gains from earlier in the week, under pressure from indications of softer US demand and expectations of a US stock build.

  • US gasoline crack down 0.2$/bbl at 13.76$/bbl
  • US ULSD crack down 0$/bbl at 24.94$/bbl
  • U.S. refiner margins for gasoline and diesel will stabilise next year but non-U.S. refinery capacity additions will limit increases in crack spreads, according to the EIA.
  • API weekly oil stock data from late yesterday according to Bloomberg: Gasoline +0.3mbbl, Distillate +1.1mbbl
  • Singapore total oil inventories rose 1.5% on the week to the highest since Oct. 9, according to Enterprise data.
  • Sales of marine fuel at Singapore rose to a nine-month high in October, led by an increase in container throughput and vessel calls for bunkering, according to the Port Authority, cited by Reuters.
  • Road congestion in the 15 Chinese cities with the highest number of vehicle registrations increased by 1.3 percentage points in the seven days to Nov. 13, according to BNEF.