Crude futures fell Friday after the International Energy Agency said global oil markets will remain oversupplied at least through 2016. NYMEX January crude settled $1.14 lower at $35.62/b. ICE January Brent settled down $1.80 at $37.93/b. ...
The Trans-Atlantic gasoline arbitrage reopened Tuesday on the heels of stronger prices in both the Northwest Europe and US East Coast markets. Platts assessed the Eurobob barge at $469.25/mt, or $1.3412/gal, while RBOB cargoes delivered ...
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US commercial crude stocks fell 10.3 million barrels to 390.69 million barrels for the reporting week ended May 16, American Petroleum Institute data showed Tuesday. The draw is far larger than analysts had expected. A Platts survey of ...
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US crude stocks climbed 3 million barrels to 391.7 million barrels in the week that ended April 25, as inventories at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub rose, data Tuesday from the American Petroleum Institute showed. Analysts polled by ...
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US crude stocks jumped 10 million barrels last week -- the largest build in 13 years -- on a surge in imports and lower refinery run rates in the US Gulf Coast, data from the US Energy Information Administration showed Wednesday. The ...
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US Gulf Coast crude stocks climbed to their highest level on record in the week that ended Friday, hitting 200.3 million barrels, as growing pipeline capacity from Cushing, Oklahoma, sends barrels surging south, according to data released ...
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Spot price assessments for US gasoline plunged to the lowest levels of the year across the country Wednesday, pressured by high inventories and weak demand tied to seasonal changes and more efficient vehicles. Gasoline prices in the US ...
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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 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 ...
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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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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Commercial crude stocks in Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for the NYMEX crude contract, dropped for the third consecutive week, hitting its lowest level yet in 2013, US Energy Information Administration data showed Wednesday. ...
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Crude futures diverged late in the US trading day Wednesday, as the front-month ICE Brent contract slid from a session high of $104.07/b to a low of $102.85/b in a little over 40 minutes. ICE July Brent settled 20 cents lower at ...
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