Crack spread spike up last month mainly b’coz china (world’s Top 2 oil refiner) lockdown..latest month china had lowest oil refining rate since 2020 pandemic
Now Shanghai alrdy opening up..crack spreads alrdy start dropping past few days
Prices higher after EU reaches deal to cut 90% of Russian oil imports Crude Oil Refined Products
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Crude oil futures in early European trading hours Tuesday were climbing higher after the EU clinched a compromise deal that will potentially see Russian oil flows into Europe drop by 90% by the end of the year.
August ICE Brent futures were trading at $119.70/barrel (0705 GMT), compared to Monday's settle of $117.60/b, while the July contract was trading at $123.50/b ahead of expiry.
At the same time, July NYMEX WTI was trading $118.96/b, versus last Friday's settle of $115.07/b. There was no settlement Monday due to the US holiday.
European Union leaders agreed late Monday to embargo most Russian oil imports into the bloc by year-end as part of the latest round of sanctions aimed at Moscow, reaching a compromise that allows Hungary and others access to pipeline crude.
EU Council President Charles Michel said the agreement covers more than two-thirds of oil imports from Russia. However, Ursula Von der Leyen, the head of the EU's executive branch, said the punitive move will "effectively cut around 90% of oil imports from Russia to the EU by the end of the year."
"This move is supportive for prices. However, the market has had a month to digest the potential ban, and so we suspect it is largely priced in already. This is reflected in the price action in early trading in Asia this morning," said Warren Patterson, head of ING's commodity research.
Oil markets have also been underpinned in the early part of the week after China announced further measures to ease Covid restrictions.
"Crude oil prices gained as the outlook in China improved amid easing restrictions on travel. Shanghai allowed manufacturers to resume operations from June, while officials said Beijing's coronavirus outbreak was under control," said ANZ commodity strategist Daniel Hynes.
Refined products also continued to support crude prices, particularly the squeeze on diesel and gasoline.
Eurobob gasoline cracks hit a fresh record of $52.50/b at the official start of the US driving season on Monday, according to Quantum data, while diesel refiner margins topped a three-week high of $45/b.
Meanwhile, Mexico's 315,000 bpd Salina Cruz refinery on the Pacific coast is in the path of Hurricane Agatha, although the storm is unlikely to be strong enough at landfall to damage the plant.
The US and Mexico are particularly vulnerable to refining disruptions during this year's hurricane season, given the tightness of gasoline and diesel across the Americas.
Eurobob gasoline cracks hit a fresh record of $52.50/b at the official start of the US driving season on Monday, according to Quantum data, while diesel refiner margins topped a three-week high of $45/b.
EU Council President Charles Michel said the agreement covers more than two-thirds of oil imports from Russia. However, Ursula Von der Leyen, the head of the EU's executive branch, said the punitive move will "effectively cut around 90% of oil imports from Russia to the EU by the end of the year."
Posted by citadel888 > 4 minutes ago | Report Abuse
OTB went to steel steel Holland crash 50percent, went to MSc, crashed 30percent , how much crash this time will be -------------------- Want to attack me, you do not have any material to challenge me except to continue to bad mouth me. My 1 million profit from AYS and 50k gain from MSC will able to cover all. Still can afford to lose all my capital. Still can afford to sleep well. The 3 million profit from Supermx is still ready waiting to buy more Hengyuan if the share price drop further.
if there's consistent trend for both oil and crack spread, hedging loss shouldn't be huge unless they do it deliberately for creative accounting reason or tax avoidance.
Posted by investmalaysia618 > 6 minutes ago | Report Abuse
OTB go where also sink ship one kikikiki ------------------ Take care yourself first in this bear market. I still have a lot of capital to buy in this bear market. Do not worry for me. See who will last longer.
Hengyuan can earn big money if Government cancel the subsidy petro 95 think abt it berapa lama boleh tahan tis gov malaysia if keep increase the debts oledi above gdp 62%
what you said could be possible if it really goes up to usd200. what would happen along the way is US would have to be forced to lift sanction on venezuela to release oil into the market to tame the oil price so it wont be a spike and crack spread could absorb part of the price shock at this level.
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Posted by 888STOCK888 > 2022-05-31 15:12 | Report Abuse
Wa lao eh.... whole morning should have sapu enough from the weakholders who sold off la.... HOOT9 la