U.S. Petroleum Weekly – December 15, 2011
The rumors are that Saudis had to unload record amounts of physical crude to the markets (from their hedges) because of lack of able counter parties to roll the positions due to shortage of credit.
Global Macro Perspectives
The rumors are that Saudis had to unload record amounts of physical crude to the markets (from their hedges) because of lack of able counter parties to roll the positions due to shortage of credit.
Number of crude oil drilling rigs in the U.S. rose for 28 in the last month; Number of natural gas drilling rigs fell for 57.
Baltic Dirty Tanker Index rose 8.1%; Baltic Clean Tanker Index rose 2.1%.
Order-book is shrinking fast with high delivery count and abundant cancellations looming. We are probably looking at couple catastrophic years for the industry ahead.
Crude oil market looks well balanced. Future economic conditions and consequent commodity demand are key here.
Baltic Dirty Tanker Index fell 0.8%; Baltic Clean Tanker Index rose 3.0%.
Baltic Dirty Tanker Index fell 0.6%; Baltic Clean Tanker Index rose 3.4%.
Baltic Dirty Tanker Index rose 1.4%; Baltic Clean Tanker Index fell -2.4%.
Crude oil supply and demand remain balanced. Crude had a tremendous run and it’s starting to look overextended. Brent WTI price spread narrowed on the reversal of Seaway pipeline.
Baltic Dirty Tanker Index rose 1.3%; Baltic Clean Tanker Index fell -1.7%.
Baltic Dirty Tanker Index fell 1.9%; Baltic Clean Tanker Index fell -2.7%.
I would say that the market is balanced now and all depends on the economic conditions.
Strong price action in the front end of the curve pushed the WTI into backwardation.
Huge move in WTI futures curve in the last two days. In theory this should be bullish.
Baltic Dirty Tanker Index rose 2.8%; Baltic Clean Tanker Index fell -2.8%.
Very strong inventory data is not translating into price strength.