The differential for California-grade blendstock dropped 15.5 cents/gal on Wednesday after US data showed an 818,000-barrel gasoline build on the West Coast. The move left the differential at a discount to NYMEX RBOB for the first time in ...
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The NYMEX August natural gas futures contract posted a preliminary settlement Wednesday of $3.629/MMBtu, down 4.8 cents, as the market lacked drivers to push it higher, sources said. The market is going through some choppy trade "in what ...
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The NYMEX August natural gas futures contract was slightly higher in early trading as the market attempts to evaluate the current heat wave with longer-term forecasts which call for normal temperatures, sources said. As of 10:41 a.m. EDT ...
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The backwardation between FOB Amsterdam, Rotterdam Eurobob gasoline barges and the August FOB Rotterdam Eurobob swap was assessed at $21/mt Monday, the widest since November 22, 2012, Platts data shows, tracking RBOB futures, sources said. ...
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US commercial crude stocks fell 9.87 million barrels to 373.92 million barrels for the reporting week ended July 5, Energy Information Administration data showed Wednesday. The latest decline marks the sharpest two-week draw in US crude ...
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The oil complex nudged slightly higher during light trading Tuesday. Those gains were led by NYMEX August RBOB, which settled 4.23 cents higher at $2.9260/gal. NYMEX August crude settled 39 cents higher at $103.53/barrel, while ICE August ...
US oil prices rose above $US100 a barrel for the first time in more than a year, following political unrest in Egypt and a sharp fall in domestic stockpiles. Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose $US1.64, or 1.7 per cent, to ...
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Goldman Sachs said earlier this week it had closed its Brent/WTI spread trade recommendation after the ICE Brent premium to NYMEX crude fell below its target of $5/b, adding short-term scope for further narrowing remained, but pipeline and ...
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The Gulf Coast heating oil differential fell 75 points Wednesday as US production and stocks increased and traders cited trouble finding ships to move any export barrels. Platts assessed the Gulf Coast heating oil differential at NYMEX ...
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The NYMEX August natural gas futures contract posted a preliminary settlement price of $3.577/MMBtu Monday, 1.2 cents higher than on Friday, after trading sideways on low cooling demand in the central and south-central US and some ...
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NYMEX August crude settled $1.43 higher at $97.99/barrel Monday on Middle East tensions and as better-than-expected manufacturing data from Europe helped boost US equities. NYMEX's rise outpaced ICE August Brent's 84-cent gain to $103/b, ...
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Gasoline cracks have plunged in the wake of recent data from the US Energy Information Administration showing unseasonably high gasoline inventories across the country, particularly in the East Coast. The NYMEX August RBOB crack spread ...
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The NYMEX August natural gas futures contract continued to plunge midday Thursday on an above-average storage injection that also was higher than analyst expectations. As of 12:15 p.m. EDT (1615 GMT), it traded at $3.576/MMBtu, 16.1 cents ...
Crude oil futures settled slightly higher Tuesday as a pipeline shutdown in Alberta, Canada, and escalating tensions in the Middle East lent the complex a bullish note, amid rising equities markets. NYMEX August crude settled 14 cents ...
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US spot mixed xylene prices have fallen a total of 11 cents ($33.33/mt) since June 17, last assessed Friday at $3.90/gal ($1,181.70/mt) FOB US Gulf Coast, which sources attributed to bearish demand and a weaker energy complex. MX prices ...
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