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US and EU Diesel Stocks Fall

OIL PRODUCTS

Refined product crack spreads are drifting lower today after following the crude rally yesterday.

  • Diesel spreads were especially strong after draws in both European and US inventory data keeping them both below the 5-year range. Insights Global data showed gasoline European ARA independent stocks fell 0.02m tons to 1.5m tons taking them further below normal levels. EIA data showed a fall in US distillate stocks by 1.27mbbls for last week.
  • The EIA data showed a pickup in product supplied which is considered an estimation for US implied demand. The increase brought gasoline demand up to 5-year average levels and distillates demand above the average.
  • US 321 crack down -1.7$/bbl at 42.89$/bbl
  • US gasoline crack down -1$/bbl at 39.83$/bbl
  • US ULSD crack down -3$/bbl at 49.01$/bbl
  • Brent FCC margin down -2.2$/bbl at 14.19$/bbl
  • Gasoline-Brent down -1.6$/bbl at 31.25$/bbl
  • Gasoil-Brent down -2.7$/bbl at 35.29$/bbl

Source: MNI / EIA / Insights Global

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