US Cash Crude-Grades broadly up on final day of cash roll trade
Aug 23 (Reuters) -U.S. crude differentials broadly rose on Friday, the last day of the volatile cash roll trading period, with Mars Sour bucking the wider upward trend.
The three-day roll period is used by traders to square positions and manage exposure, resulting in more volatile trading.
Prices to roll U.S. crude oil futures positions from September to October traded at a midpoint of 95 cents a barrel.
The U.S. has bought nearly 2.5 million barrels of oil to help replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) after the largest sale ever from the facility in 2022, the Energy Department said.
About 800,000 barrels per month of the domestically produced sour, or relatively high in sulfur, oil will be delivered to reserve's the Bryan Mound, Texas, site from January to March next year, it said.
Also boosting prices, U.S. oil refiners are expected to have about 389,000 barrels per day (bpd) of capacity offline in the week ending Aug. 23, increasing available refining capacity by 99,000 bpd, research company IIR Energy said.
Offline capacity is expected to fall to 298,000 bpd in the week ending Aug. 30, and to 177,000 bpd in the subsequent week, IIR added.
* Light Louisiana Sweet WTC-LLS for September delivery gained 8 cents at a midpoint of a $1.38 premium and was seen bid and offered between a $1.25 and $1.50 a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1
* Mars Sour WTC-MRS fell 30 cents at a midpoint of a $1.45 discount and was seen bid and offered between a $1.55 and $1.35 a barrel discount to U.S. crude futures CLc1
* WTI Midland WTC-WTM gained 5 cents 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 gained 5 cents at a midpoint of a 25-cent discount and was seen bid and offered between a 35-cent and 15-cent a barrel discount to U.S. crude futures CLc1
* WTI at East Houston WTC-MEH, also known as MEH, traded between a $1.45 and $1.65 a barrel premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1
* ICE Brent October futures LCOc1 rose $1.80 to settle at $79.02 a barrel
* WTI October crude CLc1 futures rose $1.82 to settle at $74.83 a barrel
* The Brent/WTI spread WTCLc1-LCOc1 narrowed last to minus $4.21, after hitting a high of minus $4.05 and a low of minus $4.23.
Reporting by Georgina McCartney in Houston
Editing by Marguerita Choy
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