Asia Naphtha/Gasoline-Gasoline crack rises for third straight session
Aug 21 (Reuters) -Asia's gasoline margins rose for a third consecutive session on Wednesday, supported by lower exports from China and firm import demand from Australia and Japan.
The crack rose to $5.95 per barrel above Brent crude, from $5.62 on Tuesday.
Chinese gasoline exports dropped in July while Japan's imports are set to stay elevated for a second month in August due to plant outages.
"China exports are not expected to be strong and Japan runs are low, so really Korea is the main supplier in Asia at the moment," Energy Aspects analyst Alex Yap said.
"I don’t see much downside given naphtha continues to look strong which gives a floor on gasoline cracks."
In the naphtha market, the margins rose $5.97 to $91.88 a metric ton above Brent crude, the highest since Aug. 6. The backwardation between the first-half October and the first-half November widened by $2 to $4.50 a ton.
NEWS
U.S. distillate and gasoline stocks fell in the week ended Aug. 16,according to market sources citing the American Petroleum Institute. Gasoline inventories fell by 1.043 million barrels, and distillates fell by 2.247 million barrels. API/S
Light distillate stocks, including naphtha and gasoline, at the Fujairah commercial hub rose by 1.127 million barrels to 7.281 million barrels in the week to Aug. 19,S&P Global Commodity Insights data showed. FUJAIRAH/
Oil prices slipped on Wednesday as tensions in the Middle East were easing. Brent crude futures LCOc1 fell 11 cents to $77.09 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 dipped 14 cents to $73.03. O/R
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PRICES
CASH | ASIA CLOSE | Change | Prev Close | RIC |
OSN Naphtha CFR Japan M1 ($/mt) | 671.25 | 11.00 | 660.25 | NAF-1H-TYO |
OSN Naphtha CFR Japan M2 ($/mt) | 666.75 | 9.00 | 657.75 | NAF-2H-TYO |
OSN Naphtha Diff ($/mt) | 4.50 | 2.00 | 2.50 | NAF-TYO-DIF |
Naphtha Netback FOB Sing ($/bbl) | 72.58 | 1.27 | 71.31 | NAF-SIN |
Naphtha Diff FOB Sing | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.40 | NAF-SIN-DIF |
Naphtha-Brent Crack ($/mt) | 91.88 | 5.98 | 85.90 | NAF-SIN-CRK |
Gasoline 97 ($/bbl) | 88.14 | 0.67 | 87.47 | GL97-SIN |
Gasoline 95 ($/bbl) | 87.47 | 0.67 | 86.80 | GL95-SIN |
Gasoline 92 ($/bbl) | 83.20 | 1.00 | 82.20 | GL92-SIN |
Gasoline crack ($/bbl) | 5.95 | 0.33 | 5.62 | GL92-SIN-CRK |
For a list of derivatives prices, including margins, please double click the RICs below. | ||||
Brent M1 | BRENTSGMc1 | |||
Naphtha CFR Japan M1 | NACFRJPSWMc1 | |||
Naphtha CFR Japan M1/M2 | NACFRJPSDMc1 | |||
Naphtha CFR Japan M2 | NACFRJPSWMc2 | |||
Naphtha Japan-Sing Netback M1 | NAPTC4SPDMc1 | |||
Naphtha Japan-Sing Netback M2 | NAPTC4SPDMc2 | |||
Naphtha FOB Sing M1 | NAFOBSGSWMc1 | |||
Naphtha FOB Sing M1/M2 | NAFOBSGSDMc1 | |||
Naphtha FOB Sing M2 | NAFOBSGSWMc2 | |||
Naphtha Cracks M1 | NACFRJPCKMc1 | |||
East-West Naphtha M1 | NAPJPEWMc1 | |||
East-West Naphtha M2 | NAPJPEWMc2 | |||
NWE Naphtha M1 | NAPCNWEAMc1 | |||
NWE Naphtha M1/M2 | NAPCNWEASMc1 | |||
NWE Naphtha M2 | NAPCNWEAMc2 | |||
Crack NWE Naphtha-Brent M1 | NAPCNWEACMc1 | |||
Crack NWE Naphtha-Brent M2 | NAPCNWEACMc2 | |||
*Sing refers to Singapore | ||||
Reporting by Haridas; Editing by Eileen Soreng
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