China’s independent refiners have been discreetly buying Russian oil at steep discounts as western countries suspend their own purchases and explore potential embargoes because of the war in Ukraine.
An official at a Shandong-based independent refinery said it had not publicly reported deals with Russian oil suppliers since the Ukraine war started in order to avoid attracting scrutiny and being hit by US sanctions.
The official added that the refinery had taken over some of the purchase quota for Russian crude from state-owned commodity trading firms, which are seen to represent Beijing and have mostly declined to sign new supply contracts.
Many western companies are self-sanctioning or struggling to secure the insurance, shipping or financing needed to buy Russia’s commodity exports, raising expectations that energy-hungry China will step in and buy the unsold barrels.
The purchases from China’s independent refineries reveal how some importers are bypassing traditional routes to access cheap Russian oil, helping Beijing maintain a low profile as the west barrages Moscow with sanctions.
Brian Gallagher, head of investor relations at Belgian tanker group Euronav, said the consolidation of Russia oil on to larger ships for transport to Asia was “unusual”. But with Urals discounted $35 per barrel against Brent crude, he added that Chinese refineries were motivated to buy.
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Shandong Hengyuan Petrochemical Company Limited (SHPC) is a state-owned enterprise based in Linyi County, Shandong Province, China.
Even USd 10 already considered high for crack spread. Now is USd 27. Tge sanction against Russia will even push it higher. That is why I buy HR and it cw.
Just crack spread alone will generate amazing profit. If HR able to get Russia cgeap cryde oil, Q2 profit will be even astonished especially domestic demand also peaked in conjunction with Raya holiday and boarder reopening. If HY has signed purchasing pact with Russia before invasion of Ukraine, they might allow to continue to buy Russia crude oil based on the what China companies response. Anyway, this is just guessing. Buy the crack spread which is profit propeller is not guessing. It is really super high and might last till Russia and Ukraine reach a peaceful pact.
Tomorrow sure break 7.00 level. Even at 6.00+ HengYuan is very much under under under value. Inmagine crack spread is historical high. Jet fuel and diasel are currently short supply. Russia-Ukrain war will not stop by end of the year by knowning USA ego. HengYuan share price will fly to moon. Anybody on board HengYuan will be rewarded with strong gain. This time Huat Chai liao. Only those detractors will miss the chance to Huat Chai. Cheer to all HengYuan shareholders.
The people who 唱衰 hengyuan are the ones who are late to the party la. They know HY are going up so they want the newbies to sell cheaper to them so they can join the party.
Another interesting read "Oil margins to help Reliance sustain its premium valuation" . Quote from the article: "The Singapore gross refining margin (GRM) - a gauge of regional refining margins - rose to $8.2 per barrel in the March 2022 quarter, compared with $6.1 per barrel in the previous quarter driven by tight crude and product market conditions, further accentuated by disruption by the Russia-Ukraine conflict." and "The boost to earnings from refining is likely to continue for the first quarter of FY23 thanks to regional GRM currently trading at a record level of $26/barrel. GRM is likely to remain elevated as one million barrels per day (mbpd) of Russian refinery capacity has gone offline due to the conflict. Also, about 3 mbpd of global capacity is shut due to the pandemic."
many investors have phobia of hengyuan due to 2017 experience like sslee etc...they hate the stock thinking management lied to them...
the truth is its the Hurricane'fault... as fast as it came...it left
the price from RM 17 immediately came down as the refineries were back in production after halting temporarily for the Hurricane in US
Now, can anyone immediately help to tap the 3rd largest refiner in the world - russia to Europe?
Another Important fact to remember is that the crack spread shot up higher than the 2017 Hurricane Harvey level even before the war started simply due shortage of refinery (ESG issues as valueguru highlighted) and demand was picking up after covid
Bloody 2 years no additional refining capacity were made but existing ones ceased production
@probability, I track years of daily crack spread data from reuters (minus weekends and holidays). What I observe is Jan and Feb have been higher than past few years average (most likely due to lifting of pandemic restrictions). The real spike started in March due to the war. In the article I just posted, it mentioned that analysts forecast of average GRM USD12 for this year but this was before the war. Though GRM plays a big role for refiners, another area is how they run their operations (hedging, cost management, maintenance etc). For HYR, I believe their main weakness is hedging (and hopefully I'm wrong here!!!). This time round because the GRM has risen so high, I hope this will negate any hedging loss, if not increase the gain!
Posted by valueguru > May 8, 2022 11:35 AM | Report Abuse
@probability, I track years of daily crack spread data from reuters (minus weekends and holidays). What I observe is Jan and Feb have been higher than past few years average (most likely due to lifting of pandemic restrictions). The real spike started in March due to the war. In the article I just posted, it mentioned that analysts forecast of average GRM USD12 for this year but this was before the war. Though GRM plays a big role for refiners, another area is how they run their operations (hedging, cost management, maintenance etc). For HYR, I believe their main weakness is hedging (and hopefully I'm wrong here!!!). This time round because the GRM has risen so high, I hope this will negate any hedging loss, if not increase the gain!
Just for everyone info the average gross refining margin Hengyuan captured during Hurricane Harvey in 2017 - Q3 2017 (peak EPS exceeding RM 1), was only 10 USD/brl
this is because the spike in margin due to Hurricane Harvey was a temporarily blip in the qtr (less than a month)
@probability you brought up a good point. I remember some people used this to extrapolate into many quarters of high profit but it was really just a temporary event. Many people were caught when the price fell. This time round it's structural but yet people see it as temporary!
once bitten, twice shy phenomenon...but time is in our side
Posted by valueguru > May 8, 2022 12:14 PM | Report Abuse
@probability you brought up a good point. I remember some people used this to extrapolate into many quarters of high profit but it was really just a temporary event. Many people were caught when the price fell. This time round it's structural but yet people see it as temporary!
Question now is how soon the sanction can be lifted. Even war ended doesn't mean the aanction will be lifted immediately. In addition, there are not many new investments into refinery due to ESG issues. All these are positive for HY.
that is my logic too...until people like Putin is exterminated from Russia, Europe & US will never buy their oil
Posted by cactus81 > May 8, 2022 12:26 PM | Report Abuse
Question now is how soon the sanction can be lifted. Even war ended doesn't mean the aanction will be lifted immediately. In addition, there are not many new investments into refinery due to ESG issues. All these are positive for HY.
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