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Tight Supplies and Low Stocks Support US Gasoline Cracks

OIL PRODUCTS

US gasoline imports from Europe in the week ending Oct 20 rose from the lowest since March according to bills of lading and ship-tracking data from Bloomberg.

  • European gasoline arrivals in the US increased week on week to 178kbpd compared with 161.6kbpd in the previous week
  • Total motor gasoline stocks in the US are currently 7.5% below normal. Low stocks and refinery maintenance are supporting refined product cracks with the US gasoline crack spread increasing from around 11$/bbl at the start of September back up to over 20$/bbl.
  • A shipment of gasoline is heading to US from China for the first time since 2019 according to Bloomberg tracking data.
    • US 321 crack down -0.6$/bbl at 35$/bbl
    • US gasoline crack down -0.2$/bbl at 20.12$/bbl
    • US ULSD crack down -1.4$/bbl at 64.73$/bbl
    • EU Gasoline-Brent unchanged at 5.93$/bbl
    • EU Gasoil-Brent down -0.9$/bbl at 40.88$/bbl

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