OPEC+ to ease cuts on improving market confidence

According to data released yesterday by the EIA, US crude inventories fell 7.5 million barrels to 531.7 million barrels for the week ended July 10, outpacing the 2.1 million-barrel drop expected by analysts and narrowing the surplus to the five-year average to 16.6%. Furthermore, gasoline stocks fell 3.1 million barrels over the same period to …

FIS Castaway

Episode 16 is all about cross commodities. Alistair Pettey, the new head of FIS’s cross commodity execution desk joins Chris, Alex and Tom to discuss new developments as well as the usual markets updates. Available now on the FIS website (www.freightinvestorservices.com/media ) Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7yMLsm5s8tLtrCQr7bG8wD?si=FW6Rvj9HRjClAx3vRjq8iw And Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/fis-castaway/id1507094242  

Crude stocks down, demand up, prices holding, buyers opportunistic

According to Tuesday’s API report, US crude inventories fell by 8.3 million barrels in the week to July 10, beating analysts’ expectations for a decline of 2.1 million barrels. Official data from the Energy Information Administration are due later on today. Furthermore, an OPEC report published on July 14 raised its forecast for 2020 oil …

Tanker News Update 15/7/20

*Could There be Another Storage Boom* As the independent teapot refineries in the Chinese Shandong region increase their run rate, storage is once again reaching its limit. This greater run rate, is in attempt to de-congest the multiple VLCC’s waiting to discharge in Chinese waters. Demand for refined product is slowly starting to come online, …

OPEC+ ponders when and how far to cut

OPEC’s Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday to recommend the next level of cuts after compliance in the group hit 107% in June, up from 77% in May.   Record high inventories in the US and a second wave contagion around the globe have added speculation that OPEC+ might yet …

Crash, Bang, Recovery

It was never going to be easy recovering from the largest economic shock the world has ever encountered. After record drop in consumer spending, GDP, travel and so many other indicators, it is hard to quite fathom the scale of the disruption, or the mountain left the climb to bring things back to normal. Debt …

Crash, Bang, Recovery

It was never going to be easy recovering from the largest economic shock the world has ever encountered. After record drop in consumer spending, GDP, travel and so many other indicators, it is hard to quite fathom the scale of the disruption, or the mountain left the climb to bring things back to normal.   …

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 …