Short Jul 0.5% Sing Crack We have seen an increase in fuel oil inventories in Singapore this week due to lower demand and good supply coming from the Middle East. Looking at the Onyx CoT the market position has been
The August Brent Futures contract saw a volatile afternoon, rising to a peak of $83.40/bbl at 12:30 BST before prices fell to $82.60/bbl at 14:15 BST and subsequently oscillated between $82.30/bbl and $83.20/bbl later into the afternoon, printing at $82.22/bbl at 17:30 BST.
This week will see OPEC+’s meeting on Sunday, June 02, which has already seen key market players make various notable moves. In anticipation of the meeting, the four-week average amount of crude exports coming From Russia With Love have declined for a third consecutive week.
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The Aug Brent Futures flat price has had a mixed morning, falling from $83.25/bbl at 07:20 BST down to $82.95/bbl by 09:10 before it rallied up to the morning’s high of $83.50/bbl at 09:50 BST. Following this it has softened back to $83.00/bbl handles.
Over the past 2 weeks we have seen downward pressure on the 0.5 E/W with news from the East that there was little demand after tenders issued by Al Zour refinery in Kuwait. However…
The Aug Brent Futures flat price has had a weak afternoon, falling steadily from $84.50/bbl at 12:00 BST to $83.80/bbl at 14:50 BST.
The Aug Brent futures flat price has had a reasonably quiet morning trading in a very tight range around $84.30/bbl. It has since seen a minor uptick to $84.65/bbl, where it is currently trading as of 11:00 BST.
Long 0.5% Sing Jun/Jul There has been tepid demand for LSFO at the moment and with Al Zour refinery issuing tenders at the beginning of May there has been a good supply. But we expect that to correct a little
It seems like the North Sea crude market has begun to gasp for air after drowning in a very weak May.
The Aug Brent flat price saw a positive afternoon starting from $83.00/bbl and rallying up to $84.80/bbl as at 16:40 BST.
The Jul EBOB crack started the fortnight strong but softened quickly and retraced below $18/bbl on May 22 where it found support albeit only shifting to trade around a range of $18-18.30/bbl.
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The Aug Brent futures flat price has had a fairly flat morning, trading in a narrow range between $82.75/bbl and $83.15/bbl.
Short Jun 0.5 Euro crack European 0.5 Barges has been very weak recently due to tepid demand alongside Europe ample stock piles. We have seen a slight pull back in Euro 0.5 Euro which is now entering the overbought zone
