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Oil Products Summary at European Close: Cracks Fall Back

OIL PRODUCTS

Products cracks are trending down today, despite indications of rising US gasoline demand. Strong inventories. Expectations of rising product demand continues to weigh against healthy global supplies.

  • US gasoline crack down 0.7$/bbl at 23.48$/bbl
  • US ULSD crack down 0.2$/bbl at 24.54$/bbl
  • US retail gasoline demand saw a rise of 0.8% for the week ending June 22 (Sun-Sat) to 8.875m b/d, according to GasBuddy.
  • Phillips 66 149kbpd Borger refinery, Texas, is performing maintenance on their electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) at the Unit 40 FCCU, according to a filing with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
  • China’s independent refineries’ combined gasoline and gasoil production will fall again in June for the third consecutive month, according to OilChem.
  • Shandong’s 400k b/d Yulong refinery is expected to start commissioning by end-July and will come online by end of Q3, according to OilChem.
  • China’s key oil majors are likely to export 0.6m-0.7m mt of diesel and 1.9m mt of jet fuel for July, industry sources told Reuters, largely stable on the month.
  • Pemex’s flagship Olmeca (Dos Bocas) refinery in Mexico is unlikely to produce any commercially viable motor fuels before the end of the year, according to Reuters sources.
  • Rising middle distillate prices have weighed on domestic sales in Germany this week, according to Argus.
  • Global airline passenger capacity is set to rise to 120.25m seats in the seven days commencing from June 24, OAG said.

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