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Oil Summary at European Close: Crude Rises

OIL

Crude markets are holding onto small earlier gains after a larger than expected draw in US crude inventories according to the update EIA weekly petroleum data.

  • Brent SEP 24 up 0.9% at 81.7$/bbl
  • WTI SEP 24 up 1% at 77.76$/bbl
  • EIA Weekly US Petroleum Summary - w/w change week ending Jul 19: Crude stocks -3,741 vs Exp -1,545: Crude production 0, SPR stocks +690, Cushing stocks -1,708
  • Prompt spreads suggest a tight near-term market with the last three weeks showing a sharp drawdown in crude inventory in the US to add to geopolitical and weather-related supply risks.
  • Russia has submitted a compensation plan to OPEC to deal with its previous overproduction beyond its quotas, The country’s Energy Ministry said via Telegram.
  • ARA crude storage fell 6.4% or 3.4mbbls in the week ended July 19 to 49.6mbbls according to Genscape.
  • India’s crude oil imports in June fell by 5.6% year on year to 18.5m tons and compared to 22.0m tons in May, according to provisional data from the oil ministry’s Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell.

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