April 25, 2024 15:18 GMT
Oil Products Summary at European Close: Cracks Move to Losses
OIL PRODUCTS
Gasoline cracks have reversed earlier gains, tracking the fall in crude. Poorer US economic signals, coupled with weaker demand in recent EIA data are likely to add downside.
- US gasoline crack down 0.1$/bbl at 30.78$/bbl
- US ULSD crack down 0.7$/bbl at 24.19$/bbl
- Physical diesel cracks in northwest Europe are set to weaken over coming weeks then stay flat through the summer, according to Mark Williams at Wood Mackenzie.
- ARA oil product stockpiles according to Insights Global:
- Inventory type, latest level, weekly change (all in thousand metric tons) as follows: Gasoline: 1,056, +74, Naphtha: 547, -24, Gasoil: 2,176, +52, Fuel Oil: 1,607, +91, Jet Fuel: 848, -7
- There is a fire in Omsk, Russia involving three oil tanks near the largest refinery in the region according to numerous reports.
- Gazprom Neft believes that there is currently no need to lift the ban on gasoline exports, its CEO Alexander Dyukov said, cited by TASS.
- Hungary’s MOL is concerned for the impact of state intervention in fuel markets on the company plans, according to CEO Zsolt Hernadi via Reuters.
- The turnaround at Repsol’s Puertollano Refinery is due to end next week, according to CEO Josu Jon Imaz.
- US refiner Valero still expects fuel demand in Mexico to grow, despite its aims for fuel self-sufficiency.
- US oil sanctions on Venezuela are likely to halt the flow of naphtha from the former to the latter: Kpler.
- The Yulong refinery in China will face bottlenecks as it aims for production according to FGE.
- Singapore's onshore fuel oil stockpiles dropped to 20-week lows after net imports declined according to Enterprise Singapore data on Thursday.
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