Asia Fuel Oil-HSFO cash premium slips to over five-month lows
SINGAPORE, Oct 4 (Reuters) -Cash premium for 380-cst high sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) extended declines on Friday, hitting more than five-month lows.
The premium was pegged below $4 a metric ton as offers softened further from the previous day.
The market has taken a softer turn since the start of the month as it moves into the second-half October laycan, which is expected to see more supply replenishment headed to Asia
India's HPCL offered more HSFO for loading in October via a tender that closes on Friday.
Cash premiums for very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) also dipped on Friday, closing slightly above $6 a ton.
Meanwhile, VLSFO cracks LFO05SGDUBCMc1 closed at premiums of about $13.25 a barrel while 380-cst HSFO cracks FO380DUBCKMc1 closed at discounts of around $9 a barrel.
INVENTORY DATA
- ARA inventories STK-FO-ARA were stable at 1.37 million tons in the week to Oct. 3, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed.
OTHER NEWS
- Oil prices rose further on Friday and were on track for strong weekly gains as investors weighed the prospect of a wider Middle East conflict disrupting crude flows against a well-supplied global market. O/R
- The U.S. is discussing strikes on Iran's oil facilities as retaliation for Tehran's missile attack on Israel, President Joe Biden said on Thursday, while Israel's military hit Beirut with new air strikes in its battle against Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
- Spain's crude oil imports from Venezuela have this year reached levels not seen since 2009, according to data released on Friday by Cores, an arm of Spain's energy and environment ministry.
- U.S. dock workers and port operators reached a tentative deal that will immediately end a crippling three-day strike that has shut down shipping on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast, the two sides said Thursday.
WINDOW TRADES O/AS
- 180-cst HSFO: No trade
- 380-cst HSFO: One trade
- 0.5% VLSFO: One trade
ASSESSMENTS
FUEL OIL | ||||
CASH ($/T) | ASIA CLOSE | CHANGE | PREV CLOSE | RIC |
Cargo - 0.5% VLSFO | 582.48 | 21.19 | 561.29 | MFO05-SIN |
Diff - 0.5% VLSFO | 6.10 | -0.35 | 6.45 | MFO05-SIN-DIF |
Cargo - 180cst | 461.87 | 29.02 | 432.85 | FO180-SIN |
Diff - 180cst | 8.65 | -0.10 | 8.75 | FO180-SIN-DIF |
Cargo - 380cst | 444.85 | 27.78 | 417.07 | FO380-SIN |
Diff - 380cst | 3.65 | -1.10 | 4.75 | FO380-SIN-DIF |
Bunker (Ex-wharf) Premium - 380cst | 17.00 | -3.00 | 20.00 | |
Bunker (Ex-wharf) Premium - 0.5% VLSFO | 16.00 | 1.00 | 15.00 |
For a list of derivatives prices, including margins, please double click the RICs below. | |
Brent M1 | BRENTSGMc1 |
180cst M1 | FO180SGSWMc1 |
180cst M1/M2 | FO180SGSDMc1 |
180cst M2 | FO180SGSWMc2 |
Visco M1 | FOVISSGDFMc1 |
Visco M2 | FOVISSGDFMc2 |
380cst M1 | FO380SGSWMc1 |
380cst M1/M2 | FO380SGSDMc1 |
380cst M2 | FO380SGSWMc2 |
Cracks 180-Dubai M1 | FO180SGCKMc1 |
Cracks 180-Dubai M2 | FO180SGCKMc2 |
East-West M1 | FOSGEWMc1 |
East-West M2 | FOSGEWMc2 |
Barges M1 | HFOFARAAMc1 |
Barges M1/M2 | HFOFARAASMc1 |
Barges M2 | HFOFARAAMc2 |
Crack Barges-Brent M1 | HFOFARAACMc1 |
Crack Barges-Brent M2 | HFOFARAACMc2 |
Reporting by Jeslyn Lerh; Editing by Shreya Biswas
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