US Cash Crude-Grades mixed as weakened refinery demand offsets crude stock draw
Sept 4 (Reuters) -Domestic U.S. crude grades pulled in different directions on Wednesday, dealers said, as weakened refinery demand offset a significant drop in U.S. crude stockpiles.
U.S. crude oil and fuel inventories fell last week, according to market sources citing American Petroleum Institute figures on Wednesday.
The API figures showed crude stocks fell by 7.431 million barrels last week, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Nine analysts polled by Reuters estimated, on average, a much smaller crude oil stock draw of about 1 million barrels. EIA/S
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) will release its weekly U.S. oil stocks data on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT).
On the demand side, U.S. oil refiners are expected to have about 529,000 barrels per day (bpd) of capacity offline in the week ending Sept. 6, decreasing available refining capacity by 104,000 bpd, research company IIR Energy said on Wednesday.
Offline capacity is expected to rise to 659,000 bpd in the week ending Sept. 13, IIR added.
* Light Louisiana Sweet WTC-LLS for October delivery gained 5 cents at a midpoint of a $1.90 premium and was seen bid and offered between a $1.80 and $2.00 a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1
* Mars Sour WTC-MRS gained 5 cents at a midpoint of a 65-cent discount and was seen bid and offered between a 75-cent and 55-cent a barrel discount to U.S. crude futures CLc1
* WTI Midland WTC-WTM was unchanged at a midpoint of a 75-cent premium and was seen bid and offered between a 65-cent and 85-cent a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1
* West Texas Sour WTC-WTS fell 4.5 cents at a midpoint of a 13-cent premium and was seen bid and offered between parity and 25-cent a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1
* WTI at East Houston WTC-MEH, also known as MEH, traded between a $1.25 and $1.45 a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1
* ICE Brent November futures LCOc1 fell $1.05 to settle at $72.70 a barrel
* WTI October crude CLc1 futures fell $1.14 to settle at $69.20 a barrel
* The Brent/WTI spread WTCLc1-LCOc1 widened last to minus $4.16, after hitting a high of minus $4.08 and a low of minus $4.20.
Reporting by Georgina McCartney in Houston
Editing by Marguerita Choy
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