Unseasonably strong gasoline demand is proving for US refiners to be the gift that keeps on giving this holiday season, as support from seasonal diesel demand is tamped down by record high temperatures across much of the US. Gasoline ...
Singapore 380 CST high sulfur bunker fuel prices dipped to a 21-month low of $586/mt Wednesday, on the back of weak demand and bearish crude. The outright price was last lower June 29, 2012, when it was $578.50, Platts data showed. ...
Tags: fuel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Sentiment on the North Sea mixed butane market has turned slightly more bullish on tighter availability, according to industry sources Tuesday. During the summer North Sea mixed butane is used in Northwest Europe by the gasoline-related ...
The premium of second-month cash Brent to front-month cash Dubai widened to $4.08/barrel Tuesday, the first time the spread has breached $4/b since early-March as a combination of a rising Brent complex and lower fuel oil cracks have ...
Jet fuel differentials firmed to end a week that saw production and demand exactly matched in the US, just not in the Chicago market, with its world-high outright prices. Platts assessed Chicago unchanged at NYMEX June heating oil futures ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Chemicals
The Monday evening closure of a key North Sea Brent crude platform, the Cormorant Alpha (See story, 1307 GMT), has not had any marked impact on the key Dated Brent price benchmark assessment. The outright price of the Dated Brent ...
Tags: Dated Brent benchmark, crude oil, oil price
The Atlantic Coast ULSD differential surged Thursday, with most of the runup occurring during afternoon trading. Platts assessed Atlantic Coast ULSD for Buckeye Pipeline at the NYMEX January heating oil futures contract plus 8.75 ...
Styron plans to increase polycarbonate prices in Europe by Eur230/mt ($294/mt) in December due to squeezed margins, it said in a statement Wednesday. "Following the elevation in costs of the key raw materials associated with the ...