Jim Ritterbusch
Jim Ritterbusch
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It's easy to analyze this one because there is only one number to talk about. That gasoline build was just huge again.
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The big thing was that products stocks were up at expense of crude. The good news is we're building products supplies; the bad news is crude supplies are back down toward historic low levels.
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That build (in gasoline) is very mysterious, driven by another big drop in demand.
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The funds are really scrambling to build a larger position in the long gasoline crack spreads.
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Crude supply is no longer an issue. We have plenty of it. However, that crude number is being countered to some extent by the large decline in gasoline stocks.
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Crude stocks should show a sizable increase as an expected further recovery in imports toward 10 million barrels a day more than negates the impact of additional refinery restarts.
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We did see a larger draw than expected, but that draw was mitigated by a significant increase in refinery runs.
coast gulf supply
This tightness of supply in the Gulf Coast is going to spread,
stretch
This thing has tentacles that are going to stretch all over the place,
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Given the magnitude of the damage and flooding considerations, they are coming back pretty fast...especially within the framework of a lot of employees that have been misplaced.
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But they do provide evidence that the oil infrastructure can bounce back pretty quickly after a really bad storm. These gasoline numbers give a cushion.
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This report is completely overshadowed by the storm. We did see a draw in gasoline stocks, and even though it's slight it isn't what this market needed,
flowing funds strength
The real strength is from institutional funds flowing into the market.
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The numbers didn't do much to slow the rally down,