Peter Beutel
Peter Beutel
decent demand finally report showing
This week's DOE report showed a decent withdrawal in distillate stocks, with demand finally showing some teeth.
across board draws reason report
Yesterday's report showed draws across the board and for some reason it didn't take.
attention close dying later living market paying people point report revisit rita turn twist until weather
People are not paying very close attention to it, ... At this point this market is just living and dying with every twist and turn of weather report -- we'll probably revisit it later but it's not important until we get Rita out of our systems.
builds expecting last major report three
Last week's report showed builds in all three major categories, but we aren't expecting this week's report to be as bearish.
capacity demand fuel gasoline jet last less night oil production reports sign spare strong switch time year
At this time of year we have seasonal maintenance on refineries as they switch over from heating oil production to gasoline production. Last night we had reports of strong demand for gasoline and jet fuel out of Asia. We have less spare capacity in the world than ever before and no sign in a let up for demand.
amount huge oil stocks
With oil stocks so low, there's a huge amount of concern.
avoided gulf half storm traders
With another storm threatening the half the Gulf that avoided Katrina, it has traders spooked this morning,
gasoline lines looking maybe worst
We could be looking at gasoline lines and $4 gas, maybe even $5 gas, if this thing does the worst it could do,
energy major prices recession time triple
Every time energy prices triple we have a major recession in 1½ to 2 years.
afternoon anyone exactly friday goes gulf katrina likelihood looks market people point short talking
At this point it looks like $70 is squarely in the market's sights, and people are talking about it as a done deal, ... The likelihood is that if Katrina goes into the Gulf and we don't know exactly where it will make landfall, anyone short in this market Friday afternoon will panic.
bad good market news week
The good news is, we have a week to get ready. The bad news is that the market has all week to react.
broke funds mutual oil
We also broke an important barrier. Once oil broke $62.50, a lot of mutual funds and speculators started buying.
almost damage gas hurricane monday oil selling traders
If we come back on Monday and there is no new hurricane and Wilma has not done any damage to oil and gas production, then I think traders will be selling almost in relief,
problems seems supply
One of the big problems is that it seems there's no supply to see us through the end of the year.