July 08, 2024 15:24 GMT
Oil products Summary at European Close: Cracks Soften
OIL PRODUCTS
Diesel and gasoline crack spreads have weakened today amid indications of softer US demand. Diesel continues to ease back from the highest since early April seen last week.
- US gasoline crack down 0.2$/bbl at 24.52$/bbl
- US ULSD crack down 0.5$/bbl at 26.08$/bbl
- Germany’s PCK Schwedt refinery, which was cut off from Russian crude supplies in 2022, is now consistently running at a high rate and seeks to double imports from Kazakhstan, Bloomberg said, citing a refinery official.
- U.S. gasoline demand saw a drop of 2.7% for the week ended July 6 according to GasBuddy data as July 4 holiday travel failed to spur a resurgence.
- Marathon Petroleum’s 631,000 bpd Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas was hit by a power interruption on Monday because of Hurricane Beryl.
- Production at multiple units at Valero's 360kbpd Port Arthur refinery, Texas, was affected after a brief power interruption on Friday.
- Citgo plans to operate its 165,000 bpd Corpus Christi refinery in Texas at minimum production as hurricane Beryl passes the region.
- A combination of record heat and hurricanes should test US refiners’ resilience on the coming weeks, risking volatile prices during peak travel season, Reuters said.
- China’s July gasoline consumption is expected to fall below 2023’s level due to booming electrical vehicle use, OilChem forecasts.
- India's fuel demand increased by 2.6% year-on-year but fell 3.5% from May to 19.99m mt in June.
- The U.S. TSA says it screened more than 3 million passengers at airports across the U.S. on July 7, setting a record for the largest total in a single day in a further boost for U.S. air travel.
- Global airline passenger capacity is set to rise to 122.90m seats in the seven days starting July 8, OAG said.
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