Victor Shum

Victor Shum
crude cut fears iranian market reacting supply
This reduces fears about an Iranian crude supply cut and the market is just reacting to that.
attempt expect market news react short term volatility
Expect volatility in the short term and the market will attempt to react to news with an upward bias.
bin caused reaction tape
The bin Laden tape has caused a knee-jerk reaction on the part of the market.
department energy reacting
It's reacting to the US energy department report.
affect gulf market mexico platforms reacting storm tropical
The market is reacting to the tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico which could affect platforms and refineries,
iranian market reacting regarding rhetoric
The market is reacting to some rhetoric regarding the Iranian situation.
appears decline due few floor high iranian issue keeping large past prices surprising
The pullback appears to be due to profit-taking, which is not surprising considering prices have really surged in the past few days. The decline will not be large because the Iranian issue is keeping a high floor under prices.
concerns fears focusing lingering market nigeria political upwards
With lingering concerns over Iran, Nigeria ... the market is correcting upwards because it is focusing on fears in the geo- political realm.
attracting elements floor high market
These elements will keep attracting speculative elements into the market and keep a high floor for crude.
concerned continuing crude draw driving gasoline inventory late market peak season starts stock summer
Crude inventory went up and the market is concerned about the continuing gasoline stock draw in the US market and the peak summer driving season that starts in late May.
arm becoming buy company decide listed perhaps rather
Perhaps one could surmise that they wanted the listed company to be more independent and decide what to buy on their own rather than becoming an arm of a state-owned company.
besides demand driven emotional iranian momentum prices supply
Besides the fundamental supply and demand information, prices are driven by the emotional momentum of the Iranian issue.
available capacity crude good
Even if there's available crude for release, if there's no refining capacity that they can use, what good is that?
council disruption issue near security supply takes term traders
Between now and when the U.N. Security Council actually takes up the issue there will be some saber-rattling, but in the near term traders know there won't be any disruption to supply from it.