Europe Distillates-Diesel cracks rise slightly
LONDON, Aug 29 (Reuters) -Northwest European diesel barge refining cracks rose by more than 50 cents to $14 a barrel on Thursday, but remained at their lowest since May 2023, as a rise in regional inventories weighed.
Seven barges of 10ppm diesel traded in the Platts window, up from 4 on Wednesday, as Belgomine, Mercuria, and TotalEnergies sold to Vitol, Hartree and Glencore.
Independently held refined oil products stocks in storage in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining and storage hub rose by 1.1% in the week to Thursday, driven by higher gasoline and middle distillate stocks, data from Dutch consultancy Insights Global showed.
Gasoil stocks rose by around 2.8% on the week to 2.41 million tons, the data showed.
Gasoil stocks rose after the arrivals of large cargoes into Europe and as a contango structure LGOc1-LGOc2 on the gasoil forward curve helps incentivise putting product into storage, Insights Global's Lars van Wageningen said.
U.S. distillate stockpiles USOILD=ECI, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 300,000 barrels last week to 123.1 million barrels, versus expectations for a 1.1 million-barrel drop in a Reuters poll, Energy Information Administration data showed.
A significant supply overhang in diesel and jet fuel supplies is weighing on prices, Sparta Commodities analyst James Noel-Beswick said. Stocks are, however, expected to clear as refineries enter seasonal maintenance in September and October, he added.
EU and UK diesel and gasoil imports have reached 1.26 million barrels per day so far this month, Kpler data showed, up from about 1 million bpd in July.
Trades | Bids | Offers | Previous Session | Seller | Buyer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.1 GO Barge diffs fob ARA per tonne GO-ED-ARA | ||||||
0.1 GO Cargo diffs cif NWE per tonne GO-CND-NWE | ||||||
0.1 GO Cargo diffs cif Med per tonne GO-CND-MED | ||||||
50ppm barge diffs fob ARA per tonne GO50PPM-ED-ARA | Sept -$2 | |||||
Diesel | Trades | Bids | Offers | Previous Session | Seller | Buyer |
Diesel barge diffs fob ARA per tonne ULSD10-BD-ARA | Sept -$4.50 -$6 (7 barges) | Sept -$4 -$5 (4 barges) | Mercuria, TotalEnergies, Belgomine | Glencore, Hartree, Vitol | ||
Diesel cargo diffs cif NWE per tonne ULSD10-ANYD-NWE | Sept +$3.50 (Thames) | BP | Trafigura | |||
Diesel cargo diffs cif Med per tonne DL-CIFD-MED | Med +$2 (Venice) | |||||
Jet fuel | Trades | Bids | Offers | Previous Session | Seller | Buyer |
Jet fuel barge diffs fob FARAG per tonne JET-BD-ARA | FBH flat, FBH -$1 (2 barges) | Sept +$40, FBH flat | TotalEnergies | Shell | ||
Jet fuel cargo cif NEW per tonne JET-CD-NWE |
Fuel Oil | Trades | Bids | Offers | Previous Session | Seller | Buyer |
0.5% barge fob ARA per tonne | $538-$539 (3 barges) | |||||
3.5% barge fob ARA per tonne HFO-ARA | $437-$439 (4 barges) | $436-$442 (11 barges) | Shell, Mercuria, TotalEnergies | OEI, UnitedBunkering, Trafigura |
ICE Low Sulphur Gasoil | LGOc1 | Previous |
Diesel ARA Barge Cracks vs Brent futures (per barrel) | $14 | $13.46 |
Diesel spread | LGOc1-LGOc2 |
Reporting by Ahmad Ghaddar; Editing by Kirsten Donovan
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