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Tue 12 Jun 2018, 09:06 GMT

Oil and fuel oil hedging market update


By the Oil Desk at Freight Investor Services.



Commentary

Brent closed last night at $76.46 with no change from Friday, and WTI closed at $66.10 up $0.36. Let's face it, it seems like OPEC's policy will more than likely change come 22nd June. 18 months of hard graft and - quite frankly - astounding compliance by all members has done its job and flat price is up at the dizzying heights of $76 per bbl. Something I'm not sure even the biggest of bulls would have envisaged. However, this compliance to the cuts has manifested itself into allowing other people into markets they previously weren't in - US oil heading to Asia for example - so the time has come for something to be done.

Fuel Oil Market (June 11)

The Crack ranged from -10.05 to -9.65 in a volatile day on the crack market with it closing at around - 9.80. Arbitrage spread rebounds from one-week low - The front-month East-West arbitrage spread today rebounded from a one-week low in the previous session as firm Middle East demand for fuel oil continued to eat into arbitrage supplies into Singapore, trade sources said. The 380 cSt fuel oil July arbitrage spread settled at $16 a tonne on Monday, up from a week low of $15.50 a tonne in the Friday. Meanwhile, weaker crude oil prices lent some support to the July 180 cSt fuel oil crack on Monday, which narrowed its discount to Brent crude by 14 cents a barrel from Friday to minus $5.66 a barrel.

Economic data/events (Times are London.)

* 1:30pm: U.S. CPI m/m for May

* 5pm: EIA's monthly Short-Term Crude Outlook report

* Trump meets Kim Jong Un, Singapore

* OPEC's monthly oil market report, including supply/demand forecasts and estimates

* Bloomberg-compiled Refinery Snapshot for U.S. and Canada; gives offline capacity projections for crude units and FCCs

* API issues weekly U.S. oil inventory report



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Ship-to-ship operation delivered around 2,600 cbm of LNG to dual-fuel vessel AICC Fenghuang.

Mercuria logo. Mercuria seeks senior sales and account manager for bunker delivery platform  

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Molgas Energy logo. Molgas Energy Group appoints Riaan van Kralingen as head of clean fuels  

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GT Wings manufacturing facility. GT Wings launches compact AirWing S Jet Sail for smaller vessels  

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MPA and SIBCON 2026 logos. Singapore launches series of measures at SIBCON 2026  

MPA announces LNG storage licences, digital bunkering grants and electric harbour craft incentives at 24th conference.

SIBCON 2026 pre-conference event. VPS outlines marine fuel standards and quality data at SIBCON 2026  

VPS's Rahul Choudhuri addresses Singapore's evolving fuel standards and the quality of conventional fuels and biofuels.


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