Thu 23 May 2013, 08:35 GMT

First decline in fuel oil stocks in four weeks


Fuel oil inventories decrease in Singapore, but remain at their second-highest level since February 27.



Singapore's onshore stocks of residues rose fell for the first time in four weeks during the seven days up to Wednesday, May 22, according to data released by International Enterprise (IE) Singapore - an agency operating under the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

Stockpiles of residues, a category which includes fuel oil and low-sulphur waxy residue and excludes bitumen, decreased by 1.6 million barrels, or 7.2 percent, to 20.7 million barrels.

Despite the decline, the latest weekly figure is still the second-highest inventory level since the week ended February 27.

The 1.6 million-barrel decrease is also the most significant since the week ended March 6, when stocks plummeted 1.8 million barrels to 20 million barrels.

Please find below a table of Singapore's recent onshore stocks of residues up to Wednesday, May 22. The volume data provided is in millions of barrels.

Inventory levels are collated on a weekly basis for each 7-day period ending on a Wednesday.

Date Volume+/-
22/05/2013 20.700-1.600
15/05/2013 22.300+2.600
08/05/2013 19.700+1.200
01/05/2013 18.500+2.000
24/04/2013 16.500-0.030
17/04/2013 16.530-1.370
10/04/2013 17.900+1.600
03/04/2013 16.300-0.800
27/03/2013 17.100-1.400
20/03/2013 18.500-0.145
13/03/2013 18.645-1.355
06/03/2013 20.000-1.800
27/02/2013 21.800+1.200
20/02/2013 20.600+1.800
13/02/2013 18.800-0.600
06/02/2013 19.400-1.200
30/01/2013 20.600+3.000
23/01/2013 17.600-0.800
16/01/2013 18.400+0.600
09/01/2013 17.800-1.000
02/01/2013 18.800-0.700
26/12/2012 19.500-0.500
19/12/2012 20.000-0.500
12/12/2012 20.500-2.500
05/12/2012 23.000+0.500
28/11/2012 22.500+0.300
21/11/2012 22.200+1.000
14/11/2012 21.200+0.300
07/11/2012 20.900+0.450
31/10/2012 20.450-1.550
24/10/2012 22.000+2.700
17/10/2012 19.300-0.284
10/10/2012 19.584+1.684
03/10/2012 17.900-0.630
26/09/2012 18.530-1.450
19/09/2012 19.980+1.080
12/09/2012 18.900+0.500
05/09/2012 18.400+1.100
29/08/2012 17.300+1.020
22/08/2012 16.280-1.560
15/08/2012 17.840-3.460
07/08/2012 21.300+1.500
01/08/2012 19.800+2.200
25/07/2012 17.600+0.230
18/07/2012 17.370-3.330
11/07/2012 20.700-3.000
04/07/2012 23.700+3.070
27/06/2012 20.630+1.390
20/06/2012 19.240-0.360
13/06/2012 19.600-0.150
06/06/2012 19.750-0.605
30/05/2012 20.355+1.459
23/05/2012 18.896+0.525
16/05/2012 18.371-1.500
09/05/2012 19.871+0.642
02/05/2012 19.229-0.002
25/04/2012 19.231+2.837
18/04/2012 16.394-4.284
11/04/2012 20.678-1.409
04/04/2012 22.087-1.352
28/03/2012 23.439+1.383
21/03/2012 22.056+0.143
14/03/2012 21.913+0.500
07/03/2012 21.413-0.386
29/02/2012 21.799+0.064
22/02/2012 21.735+2.043
15/02/2012 19.692+0.206
08/02/2012 19.486-0.226
01/02/2012 19.712+1.579
25/01/2012 18.133+2.799
18/01/2012 15.334+0.976
11/01/2012 16.310+0.094
04/01/2012 16.216-0.806




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