U.S. crude markets mixed despite supply disruptions
DENVER, Oct 9 (Reuters) -U.S. physical crude markets were mixed on Wednesday, despite disruptions to supply in North Dakota and a massive hurricane set to hit to make landfall in Florida later in the evening, driving up demand for gasoline.
Some 100,000 barrels per day of oil production is offline in North Dakota due to wildfires, the North Dakota Pipeline Authority said on Wednesday. Exxon Mobil earlier this week confirmed it had shut some wells and production sites due to the fires. The outages, however, had not yet had a major impact on pricing for crude produced in North Dakota, brokers said.
U.S. crude inventories rose by 5.8 million barrels last week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Stocks at Cushing, Oklahoma, were up by 1.2 million barrels.
In Florida, some 24% of gasoline stations are out of fuel, according to GasBuddy, as residents have rushed to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Milton. Kinder Morgan, Chevron, CITGO Petroleum and Buckeye Partners have all shut down Tampa-area fuel terminals to protect against damage.
Gasoline demand jumped by 1.1 million barrels last week, the biggest weekly jump since 2001, the EIA said on Wednesday. Market participants attributed the jump to stockpiling ahead of Hurricane Milton.
Light Louisiana Sweet WTC-LLS for November delivery gained 20 cents, trading at a midpoint of a $2.40 premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1.
Mars Sour WTC-MRS fell 25 cents to trade at a midpoint of a $1.75 discount to U.S. crude futures CLc1.
WTI Midland WTC-WTM gained 5 cents to transact at midpoint of a 65-cent premium to U.S. crude futures CLc1.
West Texas Sour WTC-WTS fell 5 cents at a midpoint of a 25-cent discount to WTI Midland.
WTI at East Houston WTC-MEH, also known as MEH, was unchanged, trading at a 65 cent premium to U.S. crude futures.
ICE Brent December futures LCOc1 fell 60 cents to settle at $76.58 a barrel on Wednesday.
WTI November crude CLc1 futures fell 33 cents to settle at $73.24 a barrel on Wednesday.
The Brent/WTI spread WTCLc1-LCOc1 narrowed 15 cents to minus $4.05, after hitting a high of minus $3.98 and a low of minus $4.26.
Reporting by Liz Hampton in Denver; Editing by Jamie Freed
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