argus Delhi, 12 October (Argus) — Indian demand for transport fuels, except for gasoline, remained lower than year-earlier levels in September despite relaxations to the country’s Covid-19 lockdown measures because of collapsing businesses and record job losses. Sales of diesel, India’s most-consumed oil product, averaged 1.36mn b/d last month, down from 1.45mn b/d a year earlier but up from 1.17mn b/d
EIA In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that third-quarter 2020 global liquid fuels consumption averaged 94.2 million barrels per day (b/d), an increase from the second quarter but significantly lower than the same time last year. The slow recovery has contributed to low gasoline and diesel crack spreads and high petroleum product stocks in three major
Dallas Fed It has been considered self-evident until recently that oil prices drive inflation expectations, but new evidence calls into question this conclusion. Conventional wisdom within macroeconomics is that U.S. inflation expectations respond to the level of the price of oil (or the price of gasoline). This view is based on coefficients of regressions of inflation expectations on the price
Argus Dubai, 20 September (Argus) — Saudi Arabia’s gasoline stocks fell to more than a six year low in July as a push to keep refinery run rates low coincided with an upswing in domestic gasoline demand with the easing of Covid-19-related restrictions on movement. Gasoline demand was up 13pc to 475,000 b/d in July, from 421,000 b/d in June,
EIA Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: Great report from the EIA – However I have one question – How will all of the people leaving the major population centers change this report? According to the latest data estimates in the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) State Energy Data System (SEDS), people in geographically large states with small populations, such as Alaska,
EIA Starting in mid-March 2020, transportation fuel demand in the United States decreased to record lows as a result of reduced economic activity and stay-at-home orders aimed at slowing the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In response to low demand and decreased profitability, as measured by crack spreads, U.S. refiners decreased inputs of crude oil to atmospheric distillation units (ADUs) and decreased
CNBC Working from home has become the norm, and if the trend continues even after the pandemic abates, it could pose a big risk for oil, analysts are warning. “The biggest threat to oil demand is the rise of remote working,” Bernstein said in a recent note to clients. “A decrease in commuting and business air travel is clearly negative
From Reuters Oil prices weakened on Thursday on worries about the global economy and as equity markets were on edge over the uncertain outlook for U.S. interest rate cuts. Traders are awaiting a speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that could indicate whether the U.S. central bank will continue to cut interest rates.
From Reuters U.S. crude oil stockpiles fell more than expected last week with supplies at the Cushing, Oklahoma hub dropping for a seventh week, while gasoline and distillate inventories rose, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Crude inventories fell by 2.7 million barrels in the week to Aug. 16, compared with analysts’ expectations for a decrease of 1.9 million
From Reuters Oil prices steadied on Tuesday on optimism U.S.-China trade tensions will ease and hopes major economies will take stimulus measures to ward off a possible economic slowdown, after falling earlier on concerns over future demand. Brent crude LCOc1 settled 29 cents, or 0.5%, higher at $60.03 a barrel, while U.S. crude CLc1 rose 13 cents to $56.34 a
From Reuters Oil prices gained roughly 2% on Monday after a weekend attack on a Saudi oil facility by Yemen’s Houthi forces threatened crude supplies and as traders looked for signs that top economies would take measures to counteract a global slowdown. Brent crude LCOc1, the international benchmark for oil prices, settled at $59.74 a barrel, rising $1.10, or 1.88%.
From Reuters Oil prices fell more than 1% on Thursday, extending the previous session’s 3% drop, pressured by mounting recession concerns and a surprise boost in U.S. crude inventories. In a sign of investor concern that the world’s biggest economy could be heading for recession, weighing on oil demand, the U.S. Treasury bond yield curve inverted on Wednesday for the
