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Asia Distillates-Margins sink further; more Oct refiner offers emerge



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SINGAPORE, Sept 17 (Reuters) -Asia's middle distillates markets recorded more October refiner selling interest, in line with earlier expectations, though open trading window activity was mostly muted.

South Korea's SK Energy continuedtheir slew of sales activity, offering two spot cargoes via a tender closing on Tuesday. MDIS/TENDA

More offers are expected to emerge in the next few trading sessions as sellers continue clearing their October selling requirements, though some traders are expecting China-origin volumes to be curtailed because of volatile export margins.

Refining margins GO10SGCKMc1 for 10ppm sulphur gasoil were at nearly three-year lows, weighed on by little changed paper markets and overall stronger crude prices.

Spot discounts GO10-SIN-DIF on the open trading window held steady from the previous trading session, owing to a buy-sell gap in the open trading window and lack of lower-priced sellers.

Meanwhile, weakness in jet fuelmarkets was less pronounced, given some short-coveringdemand still evident in the regional markets.

Regrade JETREG10SGMc1 flipped back into a premium of 25 cents a barrel, hovering at a three-month high as a reflection of this.


SINGAPORE CASH DEALS O/AS

- No gasoil deal, one jet fuel deal.


INVENTORIES

- U.S. crude oil stockpiles were expected to have fallen last week, while gasoline inventories likely rose, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Monday. EIA/S


REFINERY NEWS REF/OUT

- Russia's primary oil refining capacity is expected to rise in the second half of September as refineries are wrapping up their maintenance, according to Reuters calculations based on data from industry sources.


NEWS

- Indian state retailers' diesel sales fell in the first half of September from the previous month, preliminary sales data showed on Monday, as monsoon rains hit industrial activity and mobility.

- Investors were more bearish than ever on crude oil last week, deepening a months-long selloff that pressured prices to multi-year lows amid growing concerns of weak demand in top consuming nations.

- Libyan crude exports reached about 550,000 barrels per day last week, a three-fold increase on the previous week, according to data from analytics firm Kpler and a shipping agent.


PRICES


MIDDLE DISTILLATES





CASH ($/BBL)

ASIA CLOSE

Change

Prev Close

RIC

Spot Gas Oil 0.5%

76.31

0.20

76.11

GO-SIN

GO 0.5 Diff

-6.39

0.00

-6.39

GO-SIN-DIF

Spot Gas Oil 0.25%

81.34

0.20

81.14

GO25-SIN

GO 0.25 Diff

-1.36

0.00

-1.36

GO25-SIN-DIF

Spot Gas Oil 0.05%

80.99

0.20

80.79

GO005-SIN

GO 0.05 Diff

-1.71

0.00

-1.71

GO005-SIN-DIF

Spot Gas Oil 0.001%

82.22

0.20

82.02

GO10-SIN

GO 0.001 Diff

-0.48

0.00

-0.48

GO10-SIN-DIF

Spot Jet/Kero

82.88

0.67

82.22

JET-SIN

Jet/Kero Diff

-0.11

0.02

-0.13

JET-SIN-DIF






For a list of derivatives prices, including margins, please double click the RICs below.




Brent M1

BRENTSGMc1




Gasoil M1

GOSGSWMc1




Gasoil M1/M2

GOSGSPDMc1




Gasoil M2

GOSGSWMc2




Regrade M1

JETREGSGMc1




Regrade M2

JETREGSGMc2




Jet M1

JETSGSWMc1




Jet M1/M2

JETSGSPDMc1




Jet M2

JETSGSWMc2




Gasoil 500ppm-Dubai Cracks M1

GOSGCKMc1




Gasoil 500ppm-Dubai Cracks M2

GOSGCKMc2




Jet Cracks M1

JETSGCKMc1




Jet Cracks M2

JETSGCKMc2




East-West M1

LGOAEFSMc1




East-West M2

LGOAEFSMc2




LGO M1

LGOAMc1




LGO M1/M2

LGOASPDMc1




LGO M2

LGOAMc2




Crack LGO-Brent M1

LGOACKMc1




Crack LGO-Brent M2

LGOACKMc2






Reporting by Trixie Yap; Editing by Shreya Biswas

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