Asia Naphtha/Gasoline-Gasoline margin on uptrend on tight balances
NEW DELHI, July 18 (Reuters) -Asia's gasoline markets continued its steady uptrend on Thursday as supplies from China tightened, while summer demand in the region remained firm.
The refining margin for gasoline traded above $8 per barrel over Brent crude. China's gasoline exports slid 2% on the year to 930,000 metric tons, but were up from 860,000 metric tons in May. Analysts expect further drop in Chinese supplies in July.
In naphtha markets, refining margin rose to $70.93 per metric ton over Brent crude and the backwardation between first-half September and first-half October prices widened to $6.50 per ton.
At the deals window, several offer withdrawals were reported for the light distillate, while there were three bids. Energy trader Vitol bought a first-half October naphtha cargo. O/AS
Meanwhile, Singapore light distillate stocks rose 1.206 million barrels to a two-week high of 14.513 million barrels in the week to July 17, Enterprise Singapore data showed. O/SING1
NEWS
- A mini OPEC+ ministerial meeting next month is unlikely to recommend changing the group's output policy, including a plan to start unwinding one layer of oil output cuts from October, three sources told Reuters.
PRICES
CASH | ASIA CLOSE | Change | Prev Close | RIC |
OSN Naphtha CFR Japan M1 ($/mt) | 711.50 | 12.25 | 699.25 | NAF-1H-TYO |
OSN Naphtha CFR Japan M2 ($/mt) | 705.00 | 11.50 | 693.50 | NAF-2H-TYO |
OSN Naphtha Diff ($/mt) | 6.50 | 0.75 | 5.75 | NAF-TYO-DIF |
Naphtha Netback FOB Sing ($/bbl) | 77.06 | 1.42 | 75.64 | NAF-SIN |
Naphtha-Brent Crack ($/mt) | 70.93 | 1.76 | 69.18 | NAF-SIN-CRK |
Gasoline 97 ($/bbl) | 98.32 | 1.50 | 96.82 | GL97-SIN |
Gasoline 95 ($/bbl) | 97.57 | 1.50 | 96.07 | GL95-SIN |
Gasoline 92 ($/bbl) | 93.50 | 1.50 | 92.00 | GL92-SIN |
Gasoline crack ($/bbl) | 8.09 | 0.10 | 7.99 | 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 Mohi Narayan; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar
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