Tanker News Update 8/7/20

*Catastrophic Crack Margins* COVID-19 may have caused a tremor in the refining industry that will be seen for years to come. Simple refinery economics means profit is made in the differences on input (crude) and outputs (refined distillates). With global demand in refined products slumping in recent months their demand still isn’t growing enough to …

FIS Fuel Oil Morning Report 08/07/2020

Good morning all. Brent crude futures fell 10 cents, or 0.2%, to $42.98 a barrel by 0417 GMT. U.S. WTI crude futures dropped 12 cents, or 0.3%, to $40.50 a barrel, holding to the narrow range of the past few weeks. The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported crude stockpiles rising by 2.05 million barrels last …