Oil Through the Looking Glass 27/8/20

*WTI edges higher but products dip as US Gulf braces for Laura US crude was on the up as of 26th August as the region prepares for hurricane Laura, which is sweeping across the southern coast, yet demand for other products weakens S&P reports. NYMEX October WTI settled higher at $0.04 for the day whilst …

Steel and Scrap News 27/8/20

*Turkish Scrap Turkish Deepsea import scrap prices rebound as buying activity resumes.   Deepsea Turkish import scrap prices strengthened, as one Marmara mill was heard to book three cargoes, breaking a two-week long silence in the market. S&P Global Platts assessed Turkish imports of premium heavy melting scrap 1/2 (80:20) at $284.50/mt CFR on Aug. …

Morning Oil Report 27/8/20

Good morning all. Brent futures for October, which expire on Friday, rose 13 cents, or, 0.3% to $45.77 a barrel by 5:40 am GMT. The more active November Brent contract was up 10 cents at $46.26 per barrel. WTI futures rose 1 cent to $43.40 a barrel.   Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm, continued …

Castaway Podcast – Episode 22

Storm clouds are brewing in the US, but for now it’s all clear at the FIS offices where the team are joined by Richard Heath, Senior Manager of group Strategy at EEX, to discuss developments in the dry and container freight futures markets, together with our usual comment and analysis across FIS products   Available …

Oil Through the Looking Glass 26/8/20

*Hurricane Laura worries shut Port Houston traffic, slow bunker trading Bunker trading has slowed as a result of the imminent landfall of hurricane Laura. The US coast guard has been put on alert as the inclement weather is expected to batter the region, making its way north. Sources are saying that the market is waiting …

Tanker News Update 26/8/20

*Houston we have a Problem   With Hurricane season well underway, the Gulf of Mexico is under threat from a double hit, with both Marco and Laura over the weekend, having the potential to turn into a fully-fledged hurricane. Fortunately for Texas and Louisiana Marco didn’t reach the required 75mph wind speed to class as …

Ferts in Focus 26/8/20

*Urea markets cool ahead of MMTC tender This week saw intl urea markets drift lower as expectations of price levels in MMTC’s upcoming tender were scaled back due to Chinese export appetite. As a result, AG paper traded down to $260 for the October and November contracts and was offered into the mid $260s for …

Morning Oil Report 26/8/20

Good morning all. Brent rose 12 cents, or 0.3%, to $45.98 a barrel by 3:35 am GMT, while WTI remained steady at $43.35 a barrel.   The back-to-back tropical storms Marco and Laura has seen upstream operators shut about 1.558 million b/d of oil, or 84.3% of offshore production, by August 25, according to latest …