Peter Beutel
Peter Beutel
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With another storm threatening the half the Gulf that avoided Katrina, it has traders spooked this morning,
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The only good news is that with margins like this, every refiner that can will ramp up output. There may be a long-term change because this storm has focused attention on the need for additional refineries. An aggressive company may agree to jump through the hoops to build the first new refinery in almost 30 years.
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It is a powerful storm with the potential to cause a great deal of damage, but it looks extremely unlikely that this storm will threaten the offshore oil and gas producing regions of the Gulf.
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U.S. refineries prefer a lighter grade of crude than OPEC can add right now. The big problem is the refining issue. Now with another storm threatening the Gulf, and the half the Gulf that avoided Katrina, it has traders spooked this morning. We really don't need another storm near the producing areas at all.
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U.S. refineries prefer a lighter grade of crude than OPEC can add right now, ... The big problem is the refining issue. Now with another storm threatening the Gulf, and the half the Gulf that avoided Katrina, it has traders spooked this morning. We really don't need another storm near the producing areas at all.
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This is all about Tropical Storm Rita ... obviously, the last thing that this market needs is for a hurricane to hit the western gulf where it didn't hit last time.
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With oil stocks so low, there's a huge amount of concern.
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This week's DOE report showed a decent withdrawal in distillate stocks, with demand finally showing some teeth.
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We could be looking at gasoline lines and $4 gas, maybe even $5 gas, if this thing does the worst it could do,
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Every time energy prices triple we have a major recession in 1½ to 2 years.
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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.
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The good news is, we have a week to get ready. The bad news is that the market has all week to react.
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We also broke an important barrier. Once oil broke $62.50, a lot of mutual funds and speculators started buying.
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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,